The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 24, 2004

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
JRG adds online futures centre
KOCHI: JRG Wealth Management Ltd, one of the leading share and insurance brokers in the country, has started its 71st online commodities futures trading centre at Thukkupalam near Nedumgandam in Idukki district. Mr Reji Jacob, Chairman, ... More

RICE
More value-added paddy products from KRBL fold
KRBL Ltd the country's largest exporter of basmati rice, plans to introduce many value-added products in the market over the next few months. The company recently acquired an integrated rice milling plant in Dhuri, Punjab for about Rs 40 crore ... More

CULTIVATION
Scientists moot alternate pulses cropping strategy
SCIENTISTS foresee the need for an alternate cropping strategy for pulse crops to tide over water-starved conditions. At the end of the two-day Pulses Scientists Meet at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here, the researchers ... More

RUBBER
Growers still averse to producing block rubber
THE country's emergence as a rubber exporter and this year's record output have not resulted in any significant increase in the production of block rubber in the country, experts have said. The share of block rubber is only about 13 per cent in ... More

Rubber prices turn steady
THE physical rubber market turned steady on Friday. The buyers retreated after a day's buying to avoid a further hike in prices. "Prices would flare up further next week,'' traders said. "Scarcity of raw material is the main driving force behind ... More

SUGAR
Govt releases 16 lakh t free sale sugar
IN a clear move to curb the current speculative uptrend in sugar prices, the Centre has released 16 lakh tonnes (lt) of free sale quota (FSQ) sugar to mills for the coming month. In addition, it has been prescribed that mills would have to ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
India, China groundnut policy distorted: IBRD
RESTRICTIVE policies pursued by two of the world's largest producers of groundnut have resulted in depressed prices and distorted markets. Smaller producers in Africa would benefit with trade liberalisation, experts have said. Trade ... More

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
Nabard, Reliance in talks for Rs 800-cr medicinal plant project
NABARD is in talks with the Reliance group for funding a Rs 800-crore medicinal plant project in Jamnagar. The project will involve some 5,000 farmers in Jamnagar and Navsari and the proposal will start off with two herbs initially - aloe ... More

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