Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, July 20, 2003
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT SBI cuts farm loan rates to 8.75 pc STATE Bank of India (SBI) has reduced the interest rate on short-term agricultural loans by 0.5 percentage points to 8.75 per cent. The revised rate would be effective from July 15. SBI is the first bank to announce the cut in crop loan rates ... More
Union Bank in pact with M&M arm CLIMATE & WEATHER US agency forecast supports IMD THE US-based International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) has forecast enhanced probabilities for above normal precipitation "for most parts of India" from August-October this year through November-January 2004. However, some ... More SUGAR Orissa co-op to acquire Ponni Sugars' mill at Bolangir BIJAYANANDA Co-operative in Bolangir, Orissa, is set to acquire outright the Ponni Sugars' mill at Bolangir paving the way for the company to exit its operations there, according to Mr N. Gopala Ratnam, Chairman, Ponni Sugars. Addressing ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 
Palm oil futures may declineMALAYSIAN crude palm oil futures on MDEX closed higher on Friday mostly on short covering recovering from early lows. Malaysia's palm oil output in July was estimated at 1.28 million tonnes compared with the official 1.21 million tonnes in June, ... More DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS 
Global dairy majors eyeing India: StudyDespite interest in the potential of the Indian market, dairy MNCs have reservations over investments needed in milk collection and distribution besides reluctance to deal in low value-added products such as powders. More FOODGRAINS Food aid volume dips THERE has been a decline in volume of food aid. The quantity of food aid provided by donor-members of the Food Aid Convention 1999 would total some 8.5 million tonnes in 2002-03, as per preliminary estimate announced by the Food Aid Committee. ... More TRENDS Crop prices rule higher, may boost farm incomes IT is not only copious monsoon rainfall and the imposition of a 9 per cent interest ceiling on crop loans up to Rs 50,000 that provide some cause for cheer to the country's battered farming community. There is an additional factor that could ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus The Cable tangle Pakistan Diary Indo-Pak Monitor Indo-China Relations Telecom Competition In Depth In Kashmir Simple Economics Slowburn Tax Talk NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Looking back Jul. 13-Jul. 19 `Chinese silk dumped at very low prices' Balrampur Chini gets $15-m IFC loan for UP project Record global oilseeds, vegoil output forecast Area under soyabean may top 60 lakh ha Rs 18,000 a kg for Darjeeling tea! Area under groundnut at 5-year high in Gujarat Rs 600-cr package for sugarcane growers — Move embitters South against benefits to only North Widespread rains may boost fertiliser offtake — But Q1 figures tell a different tale |
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