The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 11, 2005

Monsoon stuck across Goa, coastal Andhra Pradesh
THE northern limit of a delayed south-west monsoon has failed to progress much beyond Goa on the west coast and the south of Machilipatnam on the east coast, where it was traced two days ago. The system may have covered some lost ground while ... More

AQUACULTURE

Indian scientist wins World Food Prize
AN Indian scientist, Dr Modadugu V. Gupta, has been named winner of the $250,000 World Food Prize for his work in enhancing nutrition for over one million people, mostly very poor women, through the expansion of aquaculture and fish farming in ... More

FERTILISERS

AP mulls special courts, law for bio-fertilisers
THE Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating a new legislation to address bio-fertilisers and constitution of special courts to expedite disposal of cases registered under the Seeds Act, Fertilisers Act and Insecticides Act. The State ... More

PLANTATIONS

Kerala planters' body denies charge
KOTTAYAM: The Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has denied the allegation of plantation labourers that the association is responsible for the delay in reaching an agreement on wage increase. The labourers had given a notice to APK ... More

RUBBER

Spot rubber prices weaken
SPOT rubber weakened as buyers preferred to maintain thin volumes. The absence of major manufacturers who seem to be comfortable with imports put further pressure on the market activities. Fears on better arrivals even amidst monsoon due to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Rising output puts palm oil under pressure
If the weather continues to hold well in the US, the global vegetable oil market could find some major downward movement. More

Now, palm oil under attack on ecology grounds
IS a new `hate campaign' against palm oil being unleashed? The signs are unmistakable. The anti-palm oil campaign of the mid-1980s that was widely believed to have been mounted by the American soyabean lobby may be now be returning in a new ... More

POULTRY

Icrisat launches new poultry feed project
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), along with partners from R&D sectors, has launched a collaborative project to enhance the use of sorghum and pearl millet grains in the poultry feed industry in ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Centre clears scheme for cardamom curing
THE Union Government has cleared two Spices Board schemes involving an outlay of Rs1.33 crore for improved cardamom curing devices and rainwater harvesting for irrigation in small cardamom and vanilla plantations during the current financial ... More

Ruling low
A street vendor selling ginger in Kochi on Friday. With ginger prices dropping to Rs 10 a kg from Rs 25, Kerala ginger farmers face a bleak future. An almost three-fold increase in ginger farming caused by a debacle in the cultivation of vanilla, ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE

More farmers seeking cover against shortfall in rain
This is evident from the number of farmers going in for insurance against shortfall in rain. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd (AIC) hopes to cover over two lakh farmers under "Varsha Bima-2005", its new insurance scheme against low ... More

INCOME TAX