The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Commodity bourses to move towards compulsory delivery — Uniform margin system planned
ALL the three multi-commodity exchanges and the representatives of seven-eight single-commodity regional exchanges on Tuesday unanimously agreed on three major issues - continuance of existing trading hours, to move towards compulsory ... More

NMCE introduces price alert system via SMS
THE National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has introduced a price alert system, which can be accessed on mobile phones through SMS. Keeping in mind the high response from the market to the SMS services offered by NMCE and based on the ... More

Coffee bourse likely to wind up operations
"Resuming trading operations is impossible." More

CLIMATE & WEATHER

Monsoon flip-flops
THE South-West monsoon continued to be at its enigmatic best during the four days ending July 3 ranging from being `weak' on June 30 to `active' the very next day. Rainfall record for the season (June 1-22) revealed that Ernakulam, Idukki, and ... More

AP preparing 5-year plan for cloud seeding
THE State Government is preparing a comprehensive cloud seeding action plan for five years. It has sanctioned Rs 25.80 crore for the programme so far. The tender committee, which looked into the response to the tenders from both international ... More

RUBBER

Rubber exports may revive as international prices rise
NATURAL rubber exports from the country, which languished in the first quarter of this fiscal, may see some revival this month as difference between domestic and international prices widened. Rubber industry sources say that many agencies such ... More

TEA

Tea talks fail; workers to go on strike
FOLLOWING a breakdown of talks pertaining to wage revision of tea garden workers in West Bengal, the Defence Committee of Plantation Workers Rights and the Co-ordination Committee of Tea Plantation Workers in West Bengal today said that tea ... More

CASHEW

Healthy & trendy
Cashew nuts kept for sale in a shop in Kochi. India is the largest producer, processor, exporter and consumer of cashew in the world. Its share in global cashew production is 24.88 per cent. Currently, cashew is cultivated on seven lakh ... More

COFFEE

Coffee output may rise 7 per cent
THE country's coffee crop for 2005-06 is likely to be higher by some seven per cent at 2.94 lakh tonnes compared to the final estimates of 2.75 lakh tonnes in 2004-05, according to the Coffee Board's post-blossom estimates. Arabica output is ... More

EVENTS

Farmers' meet
HYDERABAD: The Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) is preparing a platform that would pave the way for formation of `Rythu Samakhya of Ranga Reddy district'. The CRIDA would organise a gathering on July 25 to ... More

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