![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, August 16, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES INSURANCE Rural business of PSU insurers to be transferred to new co THE rural insurance business of the four public sector general insurance companies is expected to be transferred to the proposed Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India. Sources said that this would include all the crop insurance business ... More PLANTATIONS Bitter Onam for plantation workers The financial crisis is not confined to estate workers alone. Small growers who depend on the sale proceeds of tea leaf for sustenance are also facing serious liquidity problems. More PRECIOUS METALS Falling global hedgebook impacts gold prices Gold hedgebook this year has so far fallen by an estimated nine million ounces, led by AngloGold and Barrick. Another cut in interest rates may assist further cut in the producer hedgebook. More FOODGRAINS Rice stocks position to be reviewed: Yadav THE Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Yadav, has said the Government would soon review the position of rice stocks in the Central pool in light of the significant decline expected in this year's kharif ... More TRENDS Agri-business: Not India's business A WHILE ago, the US Ambassador to India, Mr Robert D. Blackwill, suggested that to put US-India trade in agriculture on "an even keel", all tariff and non-tariff barriers on agricultural trade be dismantled in India and American products allowed ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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