The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 10, 2005

Commodity futures catching up in rural India
COMMODITY futures is fast spreading into rural India at a much faster pace than capital market operations. Though there are seven terminals owned by different stock broking firms in Kalpetta in the hill district of Wayanad in Kerala, Mr ... More

AQUACULTURE

HLL charts new products, markets for marine biz
CONFRONTING formidable barriers in anti-dumping duties and execution of custom bonds before shrimp exports to the US, Hindustan Lever Ltd is introducing new product lines and entering new markets for its seafood export business. The company is ... More

PLANTATIONS

VAT helps coops get good price for arecanut in Bengal, Bihar
ARECANUT prices have increased by over 25 per cent since April, thanks to the introduction of value-added tax in States such as West Bengal and Bihar. Growers who are enrolled with cooperatives are now seeing an opportunity to increase market ... More

Topping globally
A vendor piling up tapioca in Kerala's Kochi city. India tops in global productivity of tapioca with 6.06 million tonnes being produced in an area of 24 lakh hectares annually. Kerala accounts for 50 per cent of area under tapioca cultivation. ... More

RUBBER

Sheet rubber up; latex declines
KOTTAYAM: Rubber prices were mixed on Wednesday. Sheet rubber improved, while latex lost further in the absence of enquiries. On NMCE, the November contract was quoted at Rs 68.30 (67.93), December Rs 65.15 (65.09), January Rs 64.76 ... More

SUGAR

Empee Sugars achieves financial closure for cogeneration project
EMPEE Sugars and Chemicals Ltd has achieved financial closure for its 20-MW cogeneration project. The company, which has turned around following the buoyancy in the sugar sector, has embarked on doubling its distillery and sugarcane milling ... More

TEA

Over 50 tea exporters figure in Volcker report
OF the 130 Indian companies named in the Volcker Committee report on Iraq's Oil-for-Food Programme, more than 50 have dealt with tea exports and it includes two public sector companies. Despite such massive involvement by the domestic tea ... More

FOODGRAINS

Will it fetch the right price?
A farmer checks ragi crop at his farm outskirts of Bangalore on Wednesday. The State Government is ready for market intervention to come to the aid of distressed farmers if the prices of food grain crash and plummet to below the minimum support ... More

COTTON

Tobacco streak virus, pests attack cotton crop in Warangal district
THOUSANDS of cotton farmers in the district are set to record poor cotton yields this time, with tobacco streak virus (TSV) and sucking pests such as jassids attacking the crop on lakhs of acres. A senior scientist at the ARS (Agricultural ... More

COFFEE

Centre examining demand to extend special coffee loan scheme
THE Centre is examining the planters associations' demand to extend the special coffee term loan scheme, as a section of the growers has not availed itself of the scheme unveiled in June to bail out the growers. "I will take up the matter for ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

FAQ specifications to be eased for MSP
HYDERABAD: The Union Government has agreed to extend relaxation of quality control (FAQ - fair average quality) in order to procure even discoloured maize with suitable changes in the minimum support price. The decision would help the ... More

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