The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Rain-hit
Farm workers plucking weeds on a groundnut farm at Ellapetty near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Due to rains during October-November, the area under groundnut in the country has declined to 6.86 lakh hectares during the current rabi season from 7.13 ... More

AQUACULTURE

Seafood units on stir against withdrawal of DEPB scheme
OVER 400 seafood-processing units across the country on Monday began a three-day strike, protesting against the tax levied on income from the Duty Entitlement Passbook scheme. Mr Elias Sait, Secretary General, Seafood Exporters Association of ... More

POWER

YSR promises 7-hour power supply to farms
The peak demand has shot up to 156 million units this year against last year's peak demand of 136 million units, reflecting that from about 6,680 MW last year, it has gone up to 7,871 MW this year. More

RUBBER

Sharp fall in spot rubber prices
SPOT rubber prices declined sharply following a similar trend in international futures. Hectic selling from dealers hammered the market in the absence of quantity buyers. According to sources major manufactures also stayed back from the main ... More

JUTE

Industry in a fix over price ceiling for raw jute
THE raw jute price ceiling of Rs 1,468 a quintal announced by the Union Ministry of Textiles in December last, has pushed the jute industry in a tight corner. On one hand, the industry has to meet the deadlines fixed for the Government food ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Soyabean oil imports turn cheaper than crude palm oil
EDIBLE oil imports declined by 32 per cent in January, while overall it has dipped by 19 per cent this season (November 2005-October 2006). But an interesting twist to the imports angle is that import of degummed soyabean oil has turned out to ... More

TOBACCO

Smoke-out
College students campaigning against tobacco in South Mumbai on Monday in association with Crusade Against Tobacco.

POULTRY

No Chickening out
Activists of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) stage a demonstration outside the KFC outlet in Secunderabad on Monday.

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

MCX launches cardamom futures
The grade specified for trading in MCX is cardamom 7 mm and above with a litra weight of 400 gm and above, a press release said. The trading unit fixed by the exchange for cardamom contracts is 100 kg. The price quotations will be ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Many suitors for Bombay Burmah's coffee plantation business — Deal may cost Rs 85 crore
"Earnings from the coffee business are meagre. Compared to it, if the company manages to sell it off at Rs 80 crore, then the financial returns are more attractive. The deal would substantially improve the PE ratio of the company." More

MARKETING

Centre to set up 8 terminal markets
THE Centre plans to set up eight terminal market complexes in five States and in a Union Territory at a cost of Rs 550 crore to have an integration of domestic produce with retail chains, a senior Government official said. The terminal ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

`Strengthening quarantine dept, pest risk analysis can check fruits imports'
EVER been in a discussion about the influx of foreign fruits in our markets and the fact that our fruits and vegetables are viewed suspiciously and kept away from their markets by a whole lot of countries? The situation can well be rectified with ... More

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Finance Minister likely to announce measures to improve tax clinics

`Strengthening quarantine dept, pest risk analysis can check fruits imports'

Radico gets export duty waiver for grain distillery in UP

Passenger car sales up 8.3 pc in Jan

Industry in a fix over price ceiling for raw jute

Life insurance premiums up 51 pc in 9 months — ICICI Pru leads private pack; LIC has 209 pc more lives covered

Soyabean oil imports turn cheaper than crude palm oil

GSK Pharma to bring in more products, intensify research

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