The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Dubai derivatives exchange open for membership
THE Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the first electronic multi-commodity derivatives exchange in West Asia, on Tuesday announced that it is open for membership. The exchange also announced that it would commence trading in November ... More

AQUACULTURE

Fishy blockade
Fishermen in Kochi blockade the Cochin Port Trust office on Tuesday demanding space for a fish landing centre on Vallarpadam Island, north of the proposed site for the International Container Transshipment Terminal. ... More

New India moots proposal for TN fishermen
NEW India Assurance Co Ltd has mooted a proposal to the Tamil Nadu Government for providing `Group Insurance Cover' for the fishermen in the State. Disclosing this to Business Line, the Regional Manager, Mr V. Dhanaraj, said the company ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Flower power
A woman working in a floriculture farm at Kochi. The last fiscal saw a boom in flower exports from the country. As per the studies by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, the exports had gone up to Rs 249.55 ... More

Mango fest in Kolkata from June 30 to July 3
THE Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Government of West Bengal, in association with the Agri-Horticultural Society of India and the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, is organising ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices steady amid dull arrivals
RUBBER prices remained steady on Tuesday. Scattered buying and selling in select grades were not enough to make any remarkable changes in prices, while arrivals at the main marketing centres were also dull. Moreover, the monsoon has not ... More

TEA

Record volume on offer at Coonoor tea sale this week
A RECORD high volume of 19.6 lakh has been catalogued for the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association to be held this week. Considering the huge volume, the auctions will go on till Thursday or Friday and even spill over to Saturday, ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Focus shifts to drought-tolerant, health providing GM crops
In the pipeline are soyabean that have low linolenic acid, corn that have high lysine content and essential amino acids and corns with high oil content. More

COCONUT & COPRA

Banks to assist coconut scheme in Kerala
THE commercial banks in Kerala have decided to extend assistance at liberal terms and conditions to the Rs 1,928-crore coconut rejuvenation scheme proposed by the State Agriculture Department. The State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) meeting, ... More

EVENTS

Approval sought for `speciality agri clinics'
THE State Department of Agriculture has sought the Government's nod for setting up `Speciality Agri Clinics' at the panchayat union level, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr Jag Mohan Singh Raju, has said. Presiding over the Scientific ... More

CO-OPERATIVES

Amul posts marginal topline growth, trebles its exports
LAST fiscal, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) became the first Indian dairy products company to treble its export sales to Rs 115 crore. However, the federation's topline grew just 1.4 per cent in 2004-05 to reach Rs ... More

Kurien makes a case for co-operatives
REFERRING to the unique model of co-operative development, called Amul Pattern, as the spearhead of the co-operative movement in the country, Dr Kurien said a "painful paradox" exists today. Without taking names, he said, "A painful paradox ... More

HC upholds Kurien's decision on IRMA director removal
THE Gujarat High Court has upheld the decision of Dr V. Kurien, Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), to remove Prof K. Pratap Reddy as its Director. The Division Bench that passed the judgment on Tuesday has quashed an ... More