AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
INSIGHT
Seafood industry looks for lifeline
FOR nearly a decade now, the country's seafood industry, that of Kerala in particular, has been finding the going tough after an extended period of smooth sail on the export front both in terms of volume and forex ...
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FERTILISERS
No decision yet on fertiliser subsidy — DAP producers threaten to stop production
WITH the Ministry of Finance delaying a decision on the increase in subsidy for di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) production for the current financial year, the seven major DAP producers are now planning to inform the Government that they would stop ...
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FLORICULTURE
Consortium to promote Nilgiris cut-flowers under one brand
CUT-FLOWER growers in the Nilgiris have formed a consortium and mooted The Nilgiris Integrated Floritech Co Ltd (NIFCO) to pool the flower produce and market it under a common brand. "This initiative by small farmers and cut-flower growers is ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Polavaram project work to begin soon, says YSR
THE State Government will soon take up work on the mega Polavaram project on the Godavari which will be a great boon to the Godavari districts and the north-coastal districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam, the Chief Minister, Dr ...
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SUGAR
Sick sugar units urged to use sorghum to make ethanol
`Sweet sorghum farmers should go in for contract farming and enter into buy-back arrangements with the sugar industry for obtaining maximum benefit from cultivating the crop.'
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TEA
Tea exporters' plea to allow house-stuffing
AT a time when the members of the tea trade were literally rejoicing the reversal in fortunes, the circular from the Coimbatore Central Excise disallowing `house-stuffing' by member-exporters came as a bolt from the blue. Addressing the 22nd ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
NY cotton may head higher
NYCE cotton futures finished lower on Friday, on speculative selling as the markets waited for the next market moving news. The next important fundamental report, will be the supply-demand report on September 10 from the USDA. Market pulled back ...
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METALS
Bengal Chamber organises metal seminar on Nov. 4
KOLKATA: The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising Metal Seminar 2004, the second annual international conference on iron and steel on November 4-5. According to Mr Biswadip Gupta, President of the chamber, the theme of ...
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COTTON
Cotton mills seek ICA arbitration for imports
THE cotton mills in the country have asked the Government to incorporate a provision in the National Foreign Trade Policy (NFTP) stipulating arbitration by the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) as a mandatory condition for import of cotton. ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Alarming rise in edible oil import value
IT is common knowledge that India left China behind and became the world's largest importer of vegetable oil with inflows of about 4.4 million tonnes in 1998-99, incidentally the year of record indigenous oilseeds output at 24.8 mt. For five ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Centre plans umbrella legislation for agri sector
AS part of its drive to provide social security to workers in the unorganised sector, the Union Government has revived the proposal for `umbrella legislation" for the agriculture sector. The proposal, originally drafted in 1975 and revived time ...
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