The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, June 04, 2006

RICE
Rice scheme takes off
BENEFITING FROM POLL PROMISE: A woman carrying a 20-kg rice bag at a ration shop in Erode in Tamil Nadu. Fulfilling a major poll promise, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, launched the Rs 2 per kg PDS rice scheme on his 84th ... More

WHEAT
STC finalises 8 lakh t wheat import deal
AWB Ltd, Agrico Trade & Finance SA clinch contracts More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
BV Biologicals to offer manufacturing facilities
Close to signing deals with international firms for animal vaccines More

RUBBER
Steady trend in spot rubber
An almost steady trend prevailed in physical rubber prices on Saturday. The covering groups maintained the quotes ensuring a positive opening on Monday. The undercurrent appeared firm, as there was no selling pressure from dealers or ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures may correct lower
New York cotton futures ended higher on Friday, on weather concerns as speculators priced in a weather premium on the back of poor forecasts for top growers China and US. The Active July contract rose higher perfectly in line with our ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Assocham moots food development bank
Assocham has proposed setting up of a food development bank that can lend to small farmers at concessional rates. The chamber argues that this will help the food processing industry as its access to institutional finance for term loans and ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Right time to take a shine to gold
The unstoppable rally in gold has made investors world over flock to it and rethink their portfolio allocation to the precious metal. With the recent meltdown, is this the right time to invest in the yellow metal? More

The glittering investment options
An avid believer in gold now has a variety of ways to invest in the yellow metal than just jewellery. For generations, jewellery has been the only way to invest in gold for retail investors, despite the high carrying costs. But now there are ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
`Spread biotech in agriculture rapidly'
Speakers at a workshop have called for rapid spread of biotechnology (Bt) in agriculture to increase productivity and nutritional quality and achieve sustainable agriculture in India. Dr Sujatha Sankula, Director (Biotechnology Research ... More

COTTON
Are tech fees for Bt cottonseed really high?
No, if you go by what's happening in China More

Ministers' meet on Bt cotton
Andhra Pradesh, which has been at the forefront of getting a good bargain for farmers on Bt cottonseed prices, has decided to host a meeting of seven State Agriculture Ministers here on June 9. The meeting, which seeks to put up ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Vanaspati imports from Sri Lanka through Nafed
Regulating cheap imports under Indo-Sri Lanka FTA More

INTERVIEW
`Fall in commodities part of bull market correction, not end of the rally'
Gold seen unaffected by economic slowdown but copper could fall by another 30 per cent More