The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 23, 2006

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Chicago bourse in talks with NMCE, MCX, NCDEX
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is in talks with MCX, NCDEX and NMCE to explore possibilities to jointly trade commodities in each other's market, according to Mr John P. Davidson, Managing Director, CME. While speaking at a meeting ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Awaiting buyers
AT THE BIGGEST MARKET: Cattle waiting to be sold at the Ninth Mile weekly market on the outskirts of Guwahati City on Friday. This is the biggest cattle market in the entire North-East, where the cattle is brought from as far as Bihar and other ... More

COMMODITIES
Cheaper chemicals, cement peg inflation lower
Wholesale Price Index for all commodities at 206.6 points More

PLANTATIONS
Kannan Devan recommends 14% dividend
Plans to enter power generation More

RUBBER
Spot rubber continues to decline
Spot rubber prices surrendered further on Friday. Sheet rubber broke the Rs 80 level and closed down by 50 paise at Rs 79.50 a kg at Kottayam. The sentiments were mostly governed by sharp declines in TOCOM and Bangkok. Still the domestic ... More

Harrisons Malayalam to sell rubber estate
Harrisons Malayalam Ltd, a RPG Group company, has decided to sell its in Kaliyar rubber estate located in the Idukki district of Kerala at a price of Rs 53 crore. According to a notice sent to the stock exchanges, the decision ... More

TEA
Tea prices up at e-auctions, Coonoor
Even as the Teaserve and Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) auctions have reported the lowest price among all the eight auction centres in the country, these two auctions have recorded the highest increase in price this year. According to ... More

FOODGRAINS
Ruling firm
A vendor packing roasted maize at a shop in Thrissur, Kerala. Maize output during the current kharif season is estimated to be down by 1.4 million tonnes (mt) to 11 mt. Rising demand for maize for food, feed and industrial purpose (starch) has ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Nabard can lend for rural roads
Govt move to bridge funding gaps of Bharat Nirman More

SILK
Central Silk Board Amendment Bill in force
The legislation to streamline the functioning of the Central Silk Board has come into effect from September 14 this year. Earlier, the President had approved it as passed by Parliament. Under the Act, a mechanism would be created to regulate the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Soyameal exports to China seen up on duty cut
Beijing scraps 5 per cent customs levy on Indian imports More

SEA urges Govt to focus on productivity
Calls for raising oilseeds yield to 1,400 kg/ha More

Oil Palm India to set up kernel oil processing plant
First such unit in India More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AP implements Jayati Ghosh suggestions
The Andhra Pradesh Government has said that it is implementing the recommendations made by the Jayati Ghosh Commission. The Congress Government had appointed the commission to study farmers' suicides and suggest ways to tackle the problem. Mr ... More