Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES CULTIVATION Gujarat sets kharif sowing target at 84 lakh hectares THE Department of Agriculture, Gujarat, has set a sowing target of 84 lakh hectares (lh) for the current kharif season 2005 as against the normal area of 81 lh. Kharif sowing in the State has been completed in 62.26 lakh hectares (lh) as on July ... More AQUACULTURE 
Fishing dataFishermen prepare to take to the sea from Fort Kochi. According to a recent study conducted by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 3,000 fishing communities are scattered over the Indian coastline. Of the 6 lakh persons dependant on ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES Agriculture Board ensures supply of vegetables in Mumbai WITH Mumbai crying itself hoarse about the non-availability of essential items, the Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB) has put in place a steady system to provide vegetables and fruits to consumers in the city. Most of the ... More RUBBER Selling pressure affects rubber ANOTHER sharp fall in overseas rubber futures depressed the domestic rubber prices on Tuesday. The ongoing lorry transporters strike put further pressure on the buyers, squeezing the trading volumes to an extremely low key. . According to ... More SUGAR Sugar prices rise to all-time high SUGAR spot prices in Mumbai on Tuesday touched an all-time high of Rs 2,082 a quintal for medium grade (M-30) mainly on reduced trading stocks, disrupted supplies from mills and continued demand, trade sources said. Sugar spot prices increased ... More
2 more Vizag sugar factories plan to start co-generation TEA Tea auctions in South take a hit WITH tea buyers catering to western States staying away from the markets, the price levels at auction centres in the South (Kochi, Coonoor and Coimbatore) have started to drop. The torrential rain in Mumbai has made it impossible for them to ... More WATER 
Water storage level 25 pc higher than average in a decade — Oil seeds, rice coverage still lagging behindTHANKS to the excess or normal rainfall this monsoon in 29 of the 36 meteorological sub-divisions of the country, the water storage level in the 76 main reservoirs in the country is 25 per cent more than the average level recorded in the last 10 ... More COTTON Plea to boost extra long staple cotton production THE country's cotton textile industry is looking up to research institutes and cottonseed manufacturers for new varieties of extra long staple cotton (ELSC) to improve availability of finer quality cotton. Domestic production of this cotton ... More COFFEE 
Growing cheerCoffee beans in growing stage at a plantation in Muvattupuzha near Kochi. The country exports 70 to 80 per cent of its output though it produces only 4.5 per cent of the world coffee output. However, with good rains and new plantations on the ... More POULTRY Rains wreak havoc — Maharashtra poultry industry in trouble INCESSANT rains and floods in Maharashtra have caused extensive damage to the poultry industry, with Raigad, Thane and Ratnagiri districts being the worst affected. While the entire magnitude of the loss is still not clear, over half a million ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS Kerala to export procured pepper THE State Government has asked the State Cooperative Marketing Federation (Marketfed) not to sell the pepper procured from the farmers in the domestic market. The Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, said in the State Assembly on Tuesday that the ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Jul. 24-Jul. 30 Global prices propel domestic rubber to record high Indian shrimp prices up in US market on shortage Consumers getting rubber cheaper than last year VAT comes to rescue despite prices ruling at record high Firmness in gold prices temporary Cashew exports may be hit on withdrawal of benefits 100 pc jute packaging for sugar restored — Go-ahead from CCEA; order to come into effect from Aug 1 |
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