The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 29, 2005

Inflation up on costlier manufactured items
THE annual wholesale price index-based inflation went up 4.71 per cent on a yearly basis during the week ending October 15, higher than the previous week's 4.62 per cent. The rise in the year-on-year inflation was largely due to an increase in ... More

RUBBER

Spot rubber prices steady
SPOT rubber prices were steady on Friday amidst weak supply. According to sources, main marketing centres continued to suffer from acute shortage of the raw material. Covering groups were reported to be active in the trading floors, while the ... More

TEA

First winner of `Gold Deepam' prize from Bangalore
MANGALORE: Mr Ramesh Prabhu of Mangalore has won a `Gold Deepam' worth Rs 50,000 under the `Har Dil Mein Smile' offer of Brooke Bond. Addressing presspersons here, Mr Ravi, representative of Hindustan Lever Ltd, said Mr Prabhu was the ... More

Centre may set up Rs 400-cr special fund for tea industry — Kamal Nath says it's only a one-off package
THE Union Government may finally set up the much talked about Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) in 2-3 months but the corpus has been reduced from Rs 4,000 crore to Rs 400 crore. This was announced by Mr Kamal Nath, Union Commerce and Industry ... More

POULTRY

Egg exporters cash in on avian flu fears — Disease-free poultry farming helps gain advantage in global market
THE fear of the Asia-originated avian flu instances have forced the European Union clamping imports of birds. But, the domestic poultry has taken advantage of the situation to expand its export terrain. The Tamil Nadu-based layer bird growers ... More

Packaging material shortage hurts
SHORTAGE of paper trays used to stack eggs meant for export has slowed down the momentum of its shipments, especially from Namakkal. The short supply of egg trays from suppliers of paper-pulp trays had been so acute for the past one month ... More

EVENTS

Agri workshop in Hyderabad calls for relaxation of tenancy laws
A SENIOR agricultural economist has called for relaxation of tenancy laws in order to encourage those who are interested in taking up agriculture seriously. The major hurdle has been the ownership question. "If ownership is protected, more and ... More

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