The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 25, 2005

`No-rain' week for 10 districts in Kerala
THE week ending March 23 saw 10 districts go without any rain at all and the rest four contend themselves with `scanty rain' as many parts of the State began to experience the fury of an unrelenting sun. However, the season's (March 1 to 23) ... More

INSIGHT

When Ms Rice and Mr Wheat came calling
Dr Norman E. Borlaug, Nobel Laureate and father of the Green Revolution, turns 91 today. Never one to toe the establishment line, he has been particularly critical of the US' skewed priorities that make it spend $900 billion on defence every year, w hile investment in agricultural research is declining. More

COMMODITIES

Inflation down despite costlier food items
THE annual wholesale price index-based inflation fell marginally to 5.23 per cent during the week ended March 12, from 5.3 per cent during the previous week. The year-on-year inflation fell by 0.07 per cent even as price of vegetables and some ... More

RUBBER

Rubber market in holiday mood
THE domestic spot rubber market was relatively inactive celebrating Easter. Traders and other market participants were in a holiday mood as spot and futures markets will remain closed both on Friday and Saturday. Sheet rubber RSS 4 closed ... More

SUGAR

Lower free-sale sugar quota for April-June quarter
Free-sale quota for April is expected to be around 12 lakh tonnes. More

Nurturing hope
A farmer examining his sugarcane crop in Aligarh in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district. Farmers have begun to show interest in growing sugarcane this year as sugar prices have sky-rocketed on lower production and higher demand. Production was hit ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Gold may test support level
SPOT gold prices tumbled lower amid profit-taking and rebound in the dollar, a day after the Fed's interest rate hike and warning about rising inflation. Fall in gold was not directly tied to Tuesday's tightening, which was mostly expected, but ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

Nabard employees strike work to stall dilution of DFI status
EMPLOYEES striking work in order to haggle for better compensation is common. But a strike to stress the importance of the social character of an institution and the need to play angel to the rural poor? The entire staff of Nabard went on a ... More

CASHEW

Good going
Growing demand for cashew in the domestic market is pushing up the prices of good quality kernels to over Rs 300 a kg against the world market price of around Rs 250 a kg. The export of kernels has also shown an increase this fiscal due to ... More

OUTLOOK

Concerns over global soya crop mounting
FRESH concerns are emerging on the global soyabean production front with South American crop prospects looking increasingly suspect. Reports from the origin suggest the crop size in both Brazil and Argentina could be considerably lower than ... More

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