The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 26, 2003

Geojit to launch online pepper futures trading
CLOSE on the heels of launching futures trading in rubber, the Kochi-based Geojit is all set to start online futures trading in pepper for the first time in the country on the Ahmedabad-based National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd ... More

AQUACULTURE

4-nation body to promote fisheries
AN inter-governmental organisation, the BoBP-IGO will supplant the Bay of Bengal Programme (BoBP) — one of the longest running programmes of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations — to promote fisheries ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices drop sharply
PRICES fell sharply for sheet rubber and block rubber grades, as buyers from the consuming sector kept off the market. Trading circles viewed this as an attempt on the part of the consumers to bring down the price, but they do not perceive this ... More

TEA

Tea Board to register logos in UAE
THE Indian Tea Board has identified Saudi Arabia, Syria and the UAE as three key markets in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region to register its logos and carry out major promotional campaigns in 2003, even as Indian tea exports to the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Roll-back unlikely in edible oil levy — Distortions to be rectified
The inter-Ministerial Group, to formulate a comprehensive financial package for the ailing sugar industry is expected to submit its report soon. More

Fixed excise duty desirable
IN the matter of excise duty on refined oils and vanaspati, the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has stood firm. Going by his statement in the Parliament on Friday, excise duty on refined oils and vanaspati is here to stay. At the same ... More

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