The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 30, 2004

FARM CREDIT
UBI funding for herbal plants
HYDERABAD: Union Bank of India has signed an MoU for financing medicinal and herbal plants with Keva Biotech Pvt. Ltd. As per the MoU, UBI will finance farmers/agriculturists, who will be purchasing planting material and other inputs ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Seasonal rainfall evenly spread in Kerala
RAINFALL recorded in the State for the week ending October 27 may have been `normal' for the lone district of Alappuzha and `deficient' or `scanty' for the rest, but the season's (October 1 to 27) record tells a different story. According to ... More

RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber
Delay in obtaining fresh quotes from the tyre sector narrowed covering purchases. In the futures, November was quoted at Rs 54.71(Rs 54.74), December at Rs 55.35 (Rs 55.31), January at Rs 56.27 (Rs 56.18) and February at Rs 57.35 (Rs ... More

SUGAR
UP sugar mills cry foul as oil firms shun ethanol
THE ethanol-petrol blending programme launched by the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime seems to have been given a quiet burial. This comes at a time when international crude prices have skyrocketed beyond $50 per barrel. To ... More

KK Birla Group to consolidate sugar business
THE K.K. Birla Group, which owns the largest sugar crushing capacity in India as a group, has initiated moves to consolidate its sugar business both in terms of geographical relocation and financial integration. According to a notice issued by ... More

CASHEW
Cashew exports increase 50 pc — Raw nut imports rise
EXPORT of cashew kernels during the first half of the current fiscal has increased by Rs 411.04 crore in value, while imports of rawnuts during the period have gone up substantially, raising the forex outgo by Rs 441.23 crore. During ... More

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