The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Dubai commodities body launches receipt system for financing, bulk storage
The DCR system will open new opportunities for lenders and borrowers alike, increasing the volume and value of transactions by Indian trading firms in Dubai. More

POWER

TN farmers reluctant to remit power bills
WITH the Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board's October 15 deadline for the maiden remittance of the electricity bill by the farmers for the agriculture pumpsets used by them ticking fast, the game of hide-and-seek is going on in rural Tamil Nadu ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices look up
RUBBER prices picked up on Monday. Sheet rubber RSS 4 improved to Rs 49.50 from Rs 49 a kg on Saturday. The Bangkok market continued its bull run quoting Rs 54.64 per kg for RSS 3 against Rs 54.40 on Friday. Market sources indicated that the ... More

TEA

Upasi body submits report on pesticide limit in tea for EU
THE UPASI Tea Research Foundation (TRF) has submitted a detailed report to the Tea Board on the five `pesticides' used on Indian tea, to be forwarded to the European Union for consideration of import tolerance. The report assumes significance ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold struggling for breath
FOR most of last week, the gold market appeared if it was still struggling to catch its breath following the savage sell-off late the previous Friday that saw prices collapse from above $380 an ounce to low of $366.25/oz. However, prices ... More

FOODGRAINS

Bajra procurement norms relaxed
THE Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the Rajasthan Cooperative Marketing Federation or Rajfed will, henceforth, procure bajra containing up to 7.5 per cent of slightly damaged/discoloured grain. The Centre had earlier announced a relaxation ... More

Govt denies move to curb grains exports
THE Centre has denied any move to clamp down on foodgrains export this year on account of depleting public stocks. "There is no truth to these reports. During April-August 2003, a total quantity of 25.06 lakh tonnes (l) tof rice and 28.22 lt ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Soyabean output pegged at 67 lakh t
WITH satisfactory rains during the just concluded South-West monsoon season, the country will harvest a record 66.9 lakh tonnes (l.t) of soyabean in kharif 2003, according to the latest assessment of the Indore-based Soyabean Processors ... More

Global vegoil market turns bullish on small US soya crop
ALREADY beset with uncertainties, the global vegetable oil market has received a further jolt with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) further reducing the American soyabean crop size in its latest assessment. In two months, the size of the ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

Call to boost coconut yield
THE Minister for Agriculture, Mr Vadde Sobhanedreeswara Rao, has asked the coconut farmers to go for multi-cropping and integrated farming to make effective use of the holdings and increase productivity and revenues. Delivering the inaugural ... More

POULTRY

Golden ducks
Ducks at play in the Vellayani Lake in Thiruvananthapuram. Duck farming is still a niche business in Kerala, and despite Government efforts to start special farms and implement integrated techniques, the population of these birds has not crossed ... More

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