The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 06, 2003

NCDEX working on demat of warehouse receipts
NATIONAL Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), the online commodity exchange promoted by ICICI Bank and three other institutions, is working on a project in association with the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to dematerialise ... More

RICE

Satnam bags contract to supply rice to Taj Group
SATNAM Overseas Ltd, an emerging foods company with a dominant presence across global basmati rice markets through its flagship "Kohinoor" brand, on Tuesday announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with the Taj Group of Hotels to provide ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices rise on renewed buying interest
THE rubber market was better on Tuesday. All the grades picked up and RSS 4 which closed at Rs 44.75 on Monday was quoted at Rs 45 per kg on renewed buying interest. The buying from the covering group once again rescued the market from ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

EU `s GM crop norms may affect global farm trade
Two major changes will affect more than 90 per cent of all GM imports into EU. More

COIR

Steel handloom developed for coir weaving
THE mechanical wing of the Central Coir Research Institute (CCRI) of the Coir Board at Alappuzha has invented a compact steel handloom for weaving coir. The new handloom made of "mild steel is light in weight (around 100 Kgs)" compared to the ... More

JUTE

EIJHE plea to initiate futures in raw jute
THE East India Jute & Hessian Exchange Ltd (EIJHE), one of the oldest commodity exchanges of the country, has made a fresh appeal to the Forwards Market Commission (FMC) for introduction of raw jute futures. According to sources, EIJHE has ... More

TOBACCO

Call to ease tobacco growing norms
APPRECIATING the usefulness of the auction system in the interests of the Indian tobacco farmer, a section of merchant exporters of tobacco still favour further liberalisation to infuse healthy competition among leaf buyers, both for exports and ... More

WTO

`Kerala initiating action on farm panel report'
THE State Government has initiated steps on the recommendations of the Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture, headed by Dr M.S. Swaminathan. The Government constituted the Commission in 2001 to examine the WTO agreement and recommend ways ... More

INTERVIEW

Mechanised platforms for tobacco auctions by next season
THE Tobacco Board, which introduced auctions in 1984 after a series of agitations by Andhra Pradesh farmers who felt they were not getting remunerative prices from the buyers, today faces criticism from farmers' bodies that not enough money is ... More

TRENDS

Farm goods prices begin to dip on output hopes
PRICES of various agricultural commodities have begun to decline following expectations of good production of kharif crops. The expectations have been raised by wide coverage of monsoon in the country. "Prices are declining on reports of ... More

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