The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, October 25, 2006

RICE
SHGs chosen for paddy procurement
The women self help groups (SHGs), which have impressed the World Bank Managing Director, Mr Graeme Wheeler, with their successes, are readying themselves for executing the big task of paddy procurement assigned to them by the Andhra Pradesh ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rainy days forecast for southern peninsula
Bay of Bengal quiet with no `low' reported More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
NDDB subsidiary bags CSR award
Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Authority (NDDB), has announced that it bagged the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award for its programme `Operation Pratirodh' at ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber firms up
Spot rubber prices firmed up further on Tuesday. Covering groups and purchase agents were aggressive as there has been no significant improvement in supplies even at higher levels. Certain tyre men were buyers on sheet rubber up to Rs 92 a kg ... More

Call for strategic plan to hike N-E rubber output
Study points out potential for rubber cultivation More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Palm oil Customs duty: What will happen after Dec 31?
Levy to remain unchanged for two months More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices Board to take part in London fair
Spices Board will be participating in the World Food Market exhibition on November 29 and 30 being organised by the Ethnic Food Show at the ExCel Exhibition Centre, London. The Board has reserved a stand of 18 square metres and ... More

WTO
Regional WTO meet to discuss agri and non-agri market access
Chennai to host one-day workshop on October 30 More

INTERVIEW
BASIC BAATEIN
Lastly, which came first, egg or the chicken?
Recently, the Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) picked up 5 per cent equity, and invested $11 million, in the Coimbatore-based Suguna Poultry Farms Ltd. The company's turnover, according to More