The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 01, 2003

Sharp drop in rubber rates on stock releases
THE rubber market registered a sharp decline on the eve of the New Year day after remaining steady for a couple of days at the seasons' highest levels on reports of strengthening arrivals. There are rumours that the market is on its ... More

Kerala Govt revises minimum wages in rubber sector
THE State Government has notified the draft recommendations for revised minimum wages payable to workers engaged in the manufacture of rubber products. As per the revised norms, daily minimum wages are payable at the rate of Rs 68 for unskilled ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

It's time to sell gold, not buy
GOLD jewellery means different things to different people. It has social, cultural and even religious significance, apart from being an asset of lasting economic value. The reasons for consumers buying gold jewellery are, therefore, as varied as ... More

COIR

Coir workers end strike
Export orders would henceforth be confined to exporters, coir co-operative societies, small-scale producers and producer co-operative societies. More

INTERVIEW

Tea futures marks Upasi bid to be supply chain leader — Mr N. Dharmaraj, Chairman of Upasi Tea Committee
THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) is getting ready to launch the country's first tea futures exchange, for which it has been granted a licence by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC). The feasibility of tea futures was ... More

CO-OPERATIVES

NDDB - GCMMF imbroglio — Cooperative movement in a churn
THE gloves are off and the lines drawn in the battle royale that has been brewing for a while in the heart of Indian co-operative movement at Anand. Those at the helm of the most successful State co-operative federation in India — the ... More

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