![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, August 15, 2005 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES AQUACULTURE Fishing for labour LAST week, towards the fag end of the 12th Session of the 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly, Mr K. Radhakrishnan, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), raised a submission that received ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Healthy and plentyApples for sale at a street shop in Kochi. Apple production in the country is currently experiencing a boom with Himachal Pradesh alone producing 5.06 lakh tonnes. About 50,444 trucks are required to transport 4.55 lakh tonnes to the other ... More SUGAR Exports to Pakistan Sugar release order likely this week THE Food Ministry is likely to issue a notification on release of sugar for exports to Pakistan this week. This follows an assurance to a delegation of the sugar industry by the Union Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Sharad Pawar. "We ... More TEA Sluggish demand pulls down Coonoor tea prices SLUGGISH demand leading to huge withdrawals and price decline marked the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here on Saturday when a volume of 16.62 lakh kg comprising 12.29 lakh kg of leaf and 4.33 lakh kg of dusts was offered ... More
Coonoor tea auction turnover up 4.37 per cent TECHNICAL ANALYSIS NY cotton likely to test support levels NEW York cotton futures ended lower on Friday hitting a three-week low on speculative selling, as the market did not pay much attention to the much-awaited USDA crop report on demand/supply. Cotton futures continued to lose ground on ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL World soyabean output forecast at 216.78 mt SOYABEAN crop prospects in the US have further deteriorated because of inadequate precipitation in major growing areas and rust disease as a result of which output would be about 10 million tonnes lower from the record of last year. The first ... More GENERAL INSURANCE Now, insurance for farmers against excess rain BY next year, farmers in the country can hope to be insured against the perils of excess rainfall. The Agricultural Insurance Company of India (AIC) has initiated a study to launch an insurance cover against excess rainfall by 2006. AIC, ... More AGRICULTURAL POLICY Industry hails new norms for fixing sugarcane SMP With the base fixed higher, the farmer loses the benefit of the premium price on every 0.1 per cent increase in recovery. More EVENTS Fishermen plan agitation from November 21 TRADITIONAL fishermen across the country are planning to stage an agitation from November 21, the World Fisheries Day, to highlight their problems and grievances, according to Mr Harekrishna Debunath, President of the National Fish Workers' ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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