The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 25, 2005

NCDEX makes over 1.10 lakh t deliveries in Q1
NATIONAL Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) has created a new record with deliveries of over 1,10,000 tonnes in various commodities made on its platform during the first quarter (April-June) of 2005-06. In June 2005 alone, ... More

AQUACULTURE

Gold rush
Fishermen in Purakad transporting a country boat to Trikunnapuzha in Alappuzha on hearing of Chakara along the coastline on Friday. Good times are back for the fishermen with an increase in catch in the last few days. ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mango processing unit inaugurated at Nilakottai
MADURAI: Maagrita Exports, a Rs 10-crore mango processing unit, was inaugurated at the SIPCOT Industrial Estate at Nilakottai in Dindigul district recently. Speaking at the inaugural, the Tamil Nadu Agro-Marketing and Agri-Business ... More

RUBBER

Rubber plunges below Rs 60-mark
EVEN as natural rubber prices continued to surge in the international markets, domestic prices kept falling and sank below the Rs 60-a-kg mark today, baffling traders and growers alike. The benchmark RSS-4 grade (Ribbed Smoked Sheet-4) was ... More

Natural rubber average yield may touch record high
THE country's average yield of natural rubber may rise further this year from last year's record levels to touch around 1,730 kg a hectare, a top official of the Rubber Board has said. Last year, India's average yield of natural rubber in a ... More

SUGAR

`Rapid expansion of UP sugar mills not a threat'
THE sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh is expanding rapidly backed by the State Government support. Mr Dhruv M. Sawhney, Chairman and Managing Director, Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd, one of the largest sugar producers, believes only good ... More

WATER

Free water for farming may not last: Montek
According to Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, the agriculture sector has deteriorated after 1996 and its growth rate has slipped from 3 per cent to less than 2 per cent. The reason for this is the lack of policies ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

Nabard sanction to TN projects
CHENNAI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Tamil Nadu projects with an outlay of Rs 53.29 crore and assistance of Rs 50.35 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) - XI, ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Imports taking toll on arecanut trade: Campco
CENTRAL Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd and various other areca-growers associations have said the arecanut market in the eastern region has been hit by imports of substandard quality nut from neighbouring ... More

WTO

NEWS ANALYSIS
OECD countries continue to offer high farm subsidies
DEVELOPING countries exporting agricultural products may have a say in the ongoing WTO farm trade talks for the elimination of the profligate farm subsidies by the rich world to its farmers. But the developed countries have their own way to ... More

EVENTS

Workshop on commodity trading
AN intensive workshop on `Trading in Commodity Market' would be conducted by the Bombay Stock Exchange Training Institute during June 28-30. The workshop would provide an introduction to commodity markets, including information on trading in ... More

OUTLOOK

IEA sees big prospects for biofuels
WITH oil prices at over $50 a barrel, biofuels have received renewed attention and have led to a surge in new bio-energy activity in industrialised and developing countries. A huge amount of investment is flowing into both production and ... More

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