Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, December 19, 2003
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT Indian Bank offers loan for vanilla cultivation COIMBATORE: Indian Bank is offering a loan scheme on easy terms for vanilla and medicinal plant cultivation. To explain the scheme in greater detail, the bank has proposed to organise a seminar on Vanilla and Medicinal Plants ... More RICE US seeks level-playing field in global rice market EVEN as the US rice industry is continuously seeking to identify access barriers in priority markets and implement aggressive actions to remove the barriers, efforts are afoot to cultivate new markets and consolidate existing ones. Upset with ... More WHEAT Govt approves freeze on wheat procurement price THE Government on Thursday approved a freeze in the procurement price of the 2003-04 wheat crop to be procured during the coming 2004-05 rabi marketing season. The minimum support price (MSP) of the current year's crop has been set at Rs 630 ... More CULTIVATION Rabi sowing gathers momentum — Climate congenial as temperature dips The area under oilseeds has increased by 20 lakh hectares. More FERTILISERS Govt plans revised policy for DAP, MOP THE Department of Fertilisers is formulating a revised policy for indigenous di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and imported DAP and muriate of potash (MOP) based on the Tariff Commission's Report. To bridge the demand-supply gap of urea in the ... More INSURANCE Cyclone relief: Fresh credit, insurance for AP farmers Based on the scientific cropping to be recommended by technical teams, the Government would also distribute seeds on 90 per cent subsidy for crops such as green gram and sesame. More RUBBER Mixed trend in rubber prices Ungraded rubber and RSS 5 improved on better demand, indicating strong presence of North Indian buyers. All other grades remained steady as buyers kept a low profile. Sheet rubber RSS 4 remained static at Rs 54 a kg. In Bangkok, prices of RSS ... More
CII conference on rubber industry in Kochi SUGAR Sakthi Sugars defers AGM SAKTHI Sugars Ltd has informed the National Stock Exchange (NSE) that an AGM proposed to be held on December 18 has been rescheduled to a later date following a stay given by a local court on a petition filed by some shareholders of the ... More TEA 
Cold teaExtreme winter this year in Munnar has adversely affected the tea leaf production. |