The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 02, 2003

SBI asks SIEMA to submit proposal for pumps
STATE Bank of India has asked the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers' Association to submit a detailed proposal on procurement of pumps. SBI has been mandated by the Centre to lead a consortium of bankers to negotiate bulk purchase of ... More

RICE

Satnam Overseas eyes higher basmati exports
SATNAM Overseas Ltd, which has a large presence in the basmati export market, plans to firm up its share further. Currently, the company's share is at 9-10 per cent of the total basmati exports of the country, having risen from 5 per cent in ... More

CULTIVATION

AP: 7 cos shortlisted for micro-irrigation projects
SEVEN micro-irrigation companies and three monitoring agencies have been shortlisted for the Rs 1,157-crore Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP) that envisages covering 2.5 lakh hectares in the State with micro-irrigation (MI) ... More

INSIGHT

Let's start from the scratch
Cheap credit, SMP/SAP, crop insurance, free power... Agriculture policy-making has been reduced to tinkering with an eye on votes. It is time the slate of farm policies was wiped clean for a new draft with a new architecture and a new ambition, s ays Sharad Joshi. More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mushrooming demand
Oyster mushroom seeds are loaded in stakes made of paddy straw cuttings, washed with cold water, sterilised with formalin and kept in a dark room for 15 days. They are then taken out and the first harvest yield comes in after 5 days followed by ... More

RUBBER

Capexil to explore relocation of US rubber units
AN 8-member high profile Capexil rubber delegation is visiting Chicago and New York from October 8-21 to explore both scope of technology transfer/upgradation and possibilities of re-locating rubber products manufacturing facilities from the US ... More

Rubber buyers keep off market
THE rubber market remained unchanged on Wednesday except ungraded rubber which lost 50 paise to close at Rs 46.50 against Rs 47 per kg as on Monday. As slight improvement in the arrivals was reported by the dealers, buyers kept off expecting a ... More

SUGAR

Trading resumes at AP jaggery market
TRANSACTIONS re-commenced last weekend at the Anakapalle jaggery marketyard in Visakhapatnam district, the biggest in the State, after suspension of trading activity for more than 20 days during September, as the merchants were unable to dispose ... More

TEA

Tea trade asked to focus on quality
THE tea industry should capture the lost export markets such as Egypt, Syria and Libya by producing and supplying quality tea, according to the Tea Traders' Association of Cochin (TTAC). In his address to the 11th annual general meeting of ... More

COTTON

New cotton hybrid to replace DCH variety — Field trials to begin in TN, Karnataka soon
THE Southern India Mills Asssociation-sponsored cotton research body, the SIMA Cotton Development and Research Association (SIMA-CDRA) which is evolving a new hybrid extra long staple cotton variety, SIMA HB3, is likely to use the new strain for ... More

COFFEE

Barista gets super brand status
NEW DELHI: Barista Coffee Company has been listed among the top 100 brands in India by Super Brands — the Indian division of Super Brands Ltd, according to a press release issued by Barista. Barista was selected out of 711 Indian ... More

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