The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Punjab's case for wheat export to Pakistan before Foreign Ministry
THE Punjab Government has sought the Centre's permission for the export of wheat to Pakistan. The State Chief Minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh, has taken up with the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Mr Sharad Yadav, the issue of opening up of ... More

INSIGHT

The bittersweet saga of sugar
Though the cycle of shortage and surplus in the sugar industry has been overcome in the last six years with the emergence of efficient and modern mills, the carryover stock of sugar in the last four years has resulted in hefty carry-over costs, insur ance charges and storage problems. G. Srinivasan looks at these and other troubles plaguing the sector. More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Govt to test pesticide residue in grapes for export at farm level
A residue monitoring plan has been developed to ensure that the pesticide residue level is kept within the permissible limits. More

INFRASTRUCTURE

AP plans Rs 1,000-cr bond issue
HYDERABAD: The State Government is in the process of floating bonds to raise about Rs 1,000 crore that will help in part funding some of the important ongoing irrigation projects in the State. Disclosing this, the caretaker Chief ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices rule steady
RUBBER prices continued to rule steady on Monday. Buyers retreated as selling from certain traders who were in need of immediate cash begun to put pressure on the prices. According to some sources, major manufacturers are buying from village ... More

METALS

BME seeks cut in customs duty on copper products
THE Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) has urged the centre to reduce the customs duty on copper products by 10-15 percentage points. At present, it works out to 46.4 per cent including customs duty at 25 per cent plus countervailing duty (CVD) at 16 ... More

Copper products price likely to be increased
BIRLA Copper and Sterilite Industries, the two major private producers, and Hindustan Copper Ltd, the public sector producer, may hike the prices by Rs 9-10 per kg on the three copper grades from January 1, following rise in prices on the London ... More

FOODGRAINS

Fall in world wheat stocks likely
IGC's first tentative projection of wheat production in 2004 is 589 mt, up 37 mt . More

`Foodgrain target will be met'
THE Centre is confident of achieving the foodgrain target of 220 million tonnes during the current fiscal, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav has said. In a brief chat with newspersons, the Minister admitted ... More

COTTON

TN cotton council to meet tomorrow
THE State Cotton Council meeting is scheduled to be held in Chennai on December 31 under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu Government, who is the head of the council. This will be the ninth meeting ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

MET SIGNS
Harvesting in spices continues
HARVESTING operations in ginger, turmeric, nutmeg, clove, cardamom and early maturing pepper continued during the last three days ending December 28. Rain or thundershowers occurred at isolated places in the State on December 27 and 28 while ... More

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