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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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TEA


Kolkata tea auctions may be disrupted
Differences over directive to hike buyers' brokerage More

Coonoor tea volume continues to be low
The volume of teas offered for sale at the auction of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association this week is the sixth lowest so far for the year. Only 8.19 lakh kg have been catalogued. For the corresponding sale last year, a volume of 12.17 lakh kg ... More

Tea price likely to rise by Rs 10-20 in Maharashtra
Notification restoring old VAT rate of 4 per cent not issued yet More

INSIGHT


Ploughed out
A. M. Chacko, an avid farmer in Kerala's mid-Travancore for over 15 years, has decided to rest his plough. It was not an easy decision for him to make, as agriculture was a passion for him, having spent all his ... More

Why a re-think on GM crops is needed
The Government must review rigorously and re-position its policy on extending approval to MNC-owned GM crop varieties. More

RUBBER


Rubber scales another peak
Natural rubber prices reached yet another record in the domestic market with the benchmark Ribbed Smoked Sheet 4 grade (RSS-4) touching an all-time high of Rs 85 a kg on Tuesday. "Rubber growers are going to have a grand vishu (a festival ... More

SUGAR


KM Sugar to set up unit in Bihar
KM Sugar Mills Ltd, a UP-based company plans to invest Rs 200 crore in setting up a sugar unit with 5,000 tonnes (of sugarcane) crushed per day (TCD) capacity and a 15 MW power cogeneration project in Bihar. It is also looking ... More

SILK


Rearing silk
WOMEN TAKE a look at cocoons on the mountages at Ramanagaram in Karnataka. The State is the largest producer of silk in the country. The State Sericulture Department plans to increase silk output The Government has undertaken a massive programme ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Soya oil prices soar on speculation
Govt notification for import of GM organisms has market in a spin More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Spices Board to train farm resource persons
The Spices Board has formulated a training programme for resource persons who will function as an alternative extension mechanism fully conversant with good agricultural practices and rooted in the rural communities. The board sources said it ... More
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