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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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PM wants Nabard to part-fund Bharat Nirman
THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has asked the Finance Ministry to direct the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to create a separate financing window to bridge the funding gap in the rural roads and irrigation ... More

RUBBER


Sellers' low profile keeps rubber steady
The only exception was RSS 4 that improved to Rs 67 and Rs 66.75 a kg, from Rs 66.50 and Rs 66.25 at Kottayam and Kochi respectively. Sellers preferred to keep a low profile on the grade, as overseas reports were slightly positive. Short ... More

SUGAR


Sugar declines on extra quota release rumours
SUGAR spot prices on Tuesday fell sharply by about Rs 25 a quintal at the Vashi wholesale market (Navi Mumbai) on rumours that the Centre might release 2 lakh tonnes of extra free sale quota sugar for this month. Medium grade (M-30) was down ... More

Bannari Amman Sugars to expand capacity at Karnataka
BANNARI Amman Sugars Ltd, which has two sugar factories — at Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu and at Alaganchi village near Nanjangud in Karnataka — is in the process of expanding the Karnataka unit to 7,500 TCD (tonnes of cane crushing ... More

Shree Renuka Sugars IPO priced at Rs 285 per share
THE Rs 110-crore IPO (including Rs 10 crore green shoe option) of Shree Renuka Sugars received good response from all categories and was oversubscribed nearly 15 times. Over 57,000 applications were received and the QIB portion was ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE


Dwarikesh Sugar PAT rises to Rs 26.60 cr
DWARIKESH Sugar Industries Ltd (DSIL) has reported a 172.52 per cent increase in the profit after tax at Rs 26.60 crore for the year ended September 30, 2005 from Rs 9.76 crore the previous year. Sales increased to Rs 164.25 crore for the year ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Bio-diesel card being overplayed a little; cautious monitoring of market needed
FIRM crude prices and no prospects of a major downward correction anytime soon have forced all major economies to examine cheaper alternatives, including bio-ethanol and bio-diesel. Demand for bio-diesel translates into a diversion of a part of ... More

CASHEW


Exporters submit Rs 10-cr proposal to Govt for promoting cashew nut
THE Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPC) has submitted a Rs 10-crore project proposal to the Union Government to study the nutritional values of cashew nut. Addressing newspersons here on Monday to announce the golden jubilee plans ... More

COFFEE


Gloomy global weather buoys coffee prices
COFFEE prices have perked up following reports that erratic weather conditions could have harmed the crop in the Central America. The rise comes after the prices witnessed a fall since March. The rise has infused a bullish sentiment among growers ... More

POULTRY


Poultry expo from tomorrow in Kolkata
NRS Publications, publishers of Poultry Fortune, a monthly magazine on the Rs 15,000-crore poultry industry will organise the Ninth Poultry Expo here on October 20 and 21. The expo will include a two-day exhibition and conference on the ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


Hot `n' sweet spice
Farm workers busy tending ginger plants at a farm in Chittor near Palakkad in Kerala. Thanks to a bumper crop, ginger exports topped 13,000 tonnes last fiscal. Good demand for Cochin ginger owing to its premium quality has also helped. India ... More

WTO


Third-party certifying NGOs — A blow to WTO's Hong Kong ministerial?
The rich nations appear to have shifted serious business from the WTO ministerial negotiating table to a forum of third-party certifying NGOs. The Singapore agenda is back even before headway is made in the matter of respecting the national commitmen ts on farm subsidies contained in the Marrakesh agreements and market access conditions are cleared. Sharad Joshi wonders about the fate of the Hong Kong ministerial, scheduled for this year-end. More



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