The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Marginal rise in rubber prices
PHYSICAL rubber prices firmed up marginally on the first trading day of the New Year. Covering groups were buyers in selected grades but they preferred to keep a low profile. Sheet rubber RSS 4 improved 25 paise at Kottayam to Rs 71 a kg on ... More

SUGAR

Sugar output may turn out to be less than current estimates
A LARGE part of the country's sugar industry, in particular private sugar mills are upbeat about market prospects in the year ahead. Sugar production for 2005-06 is expected to show a quantum jump over the previous year. Industry ... More

METALS

Lead prices seen firm on rising demand
LEAD prices are likely to rule firm in the short to medium term on widening demand-supply gap. "A sudden growth in the automobile sector plus the boom in the information technology and telecom sector has resulted in increased demand for ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

ICAR preparing report on future farm co-operation with US
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is preparing a report on future co-operation in the farm sector between India and the US. The blueprint would be presented during the second meeting of the `India-US Knowledge Initiative' ... More

COTTON

AP Govt moves MRTPC against Monsanto on Bt cotton royalty
THE Andhra Pradesh Government on Monday moved the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) against Mahyco-Monsanto Biotechnology Company on the "exorbitant" royalty being collected by it for Bt cotton. The Government move ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Tariff values on vegetable oils reduced — Industry terms it as `small revision'; steepest cut for RBD palmolein
THE Union Government on Monday cut the tariff values on vegetable oils by $3-24 but the industry termed it as a "small reduction". The revision comes after a gap of over 45 days and follows demand from the edible oil industry to revise the ... More

Slowdown in vegoil import
DECEMBER witnessed considerable slowdown in vegetable oil imports for various reasons including pressure of domestic arrivals, price disparity and sluggish offtake. Imported oil arrivals aggregated 2.27 lakh tonne last month, down from 3.27 ... More

OUTLOOK

'Rabi prospects look good'
DECLINING to give any production estimates for the rabi crop this year, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director-General, Dr Mangala Rai, on Monday said the prospects for the crop were extremely good "as of now". This is ... More

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