Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, November 08, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT Non-repayment of agricultural advances — Bankers looking for direction from Finance Minister HAVING been made to contend with issues such as non-repayment of agricultural advances and enhancement of scale of finance, commercial banks and regional banks in Kerala are looking to the Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, for further ... More AQUACULTURE Karnataka fishermen plan stir in support of demands FISHERMEN in Karnataka are to observe the World Fisheries Day on November 21 as a `fishing holiday' throughout the Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada coastline. According to the Coastal Karnataka Fishermen's Action Committee here, World ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
Marketing strategyKarnataka farmers pile up stacks of radish by highway sides, sometimes in front of their homes, offering the fresh produce to travellers at half the prices offered in the ... More PLANTATIONS Planters' body seeks more incentives THE Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has sought reliefs from the Kerala Government to save the plantation industry from crisis. While welcoming the State Government's decision to extend the period of exemption given to assessees, except ... More
Rehab Plantations nets Rs 2 crore RUBBER Rubber up on low arrivals RUBBER prices moved up here on Thursday following low arrivals. Though the arrivals resumed at a slow pace earlier in the day, it slightly picked up later as small traders brought their rubber to the market. Purchasing agents of major tyre ... More SUGAR Gasohol tax: Naik to meet State Ministers today THE Union Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik, will be meeting excise ministers of nine sugarcane-growing states on November 8 to extract sales tax and other fiscal concessions on sale of petrol doped with 5 per cent ethanol from January 1, 2003. ... More WATER MANAGEMENT Japanese team for watershed project in Kerala THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A six-member expert team from Japan is in Kerala to conduct a study about the State's forest resources and also explore prospects for setting up a series of watershed schemes in the State. An official spokesman ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Decision on GM mustard deferred THE Centre has deferred a decision on allowing commercial cultivation of Proagro Seed Company Ltd's controversial genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrids. ``We will meet again in 3-4 weeks time to take a final view on the matter'', the ... More
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Knowledge gap on transgenic tech regretted DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS Milk co-ops linked online to NDDB THE National Dairy Development Board's (NDDB), as part of its efforts at modernising its operations, has introduced an Internet-based system to collect data on milk cooperative unions. Data flow between the unions and NDDB through the ... More FOODGRAINS Global wheat, coarse grains supplies tight WITH a further reduction forecast for wheat production in 2002-03, global supplies are seen tightening further. Crop reductions are seen in Australia, the US and the European Union. Wheat prices have remained underpinned by the sharp reduction ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS Cardamom slides on weak demand THE cardamom market is experiencing a downward trend in recent weeks due to weak demand. Prices remained at lower levels at auctions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Contrary to expectations, there is not much demand before Deepavali and after ... More AGRICULTURAL POLICY AP: Cash component in food-for-work soon THE Andhra Pradesh Government is toying with the idea of introducing cash component in the food-for-work programme meant for the agricultural labour in the drought-hit areas,according to Mr Y. Ramakrishnudu, Finance Minister. He was talking to ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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