The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 19, 2007

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NMCE offers another connectivity option
The Ahmedabad-based National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has signed an agreement with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to introduce Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) as the fourth option for ... More

WHEAT
Govt agencies buy 35.45 l tonnes wheat
Even the most pessimistic of wheat watchers agree that the 2006-07 crop currently being marketed is bigger than the previous year's harvest. The latest official estimate pegs the size at 73.7 million tonnes (mt), up from the 69.35 mt of 2005-06. ... More

Manual wheat harvesting behind lower arrivals
High milk prices generate extra demand for straw More

INFRASTRUCTURE
NDC panel for revamping irrigation benefit scheme
Deliberations of meeting will be forwarded to the council next month More

RUBBER
`User units may close down if high rubber prices persist'
`Import duty on rubber too high' More

Rubber rules weak on import fears
Physical rubber prices continued to rule weak on Wednesday. Sentiments were bearish on import fears, even two days after the Governments denial of the reported move to bring the raw material at reduced tariff from Thailand. Mr Sajen Peter ... More

TEA
4-week low volume at Coonoor tea auctions
A volume of 7.46 lakh kg has been catalogued for Sale No: 15 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) to take place here on Thursday and Friday. This is a four-week low volume. It is some 90,000 kg lower than the offer of last ... More

Pak-bound tea team set to explore patterns, demand
Plans to send consignment through Wagah border More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
K.S. Oils net up at Rs 21 cr in Q4
K.S. Oils, an integrated edible oil manufacturing company, has registered a net profit of Rs 21.04 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2007, against Rs 5.42 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Net sales jumped 52 per cent to Rs ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Amul stays cool to Hershey overtures
Feeling two-timed by Hershey which kept it in the dark while picking up a majority stake in Godrej Beverages and Foods Ltd (GBFL) last month, Amul has virtually cold-shouldered the US chocolate-maker's placatory moves, and no one from the ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
More Nabard funds likely for non-farm sector
In 2007-08, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) plans to raise about Rs. 23,000 crore, almost double that raised last year, to fund the farm and non-farm sectors. Market borrowings of Nabard in 2006-07 were Rs 10,899 ... More

TOBACCO
AP tobacco farmers boycott auctions
Hunger strike against `ITC monopoly' More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Plan drawn up for 50,000 t urea buffer
Cos offered inventory carrying cost at 8.5% More

COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Commodity futures trading may get 3-month reprieve
There are strong indications that the Expert Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Prof Abhijit Sen to examine the impact of futures trading on price rise in agricultural commodities in recent times may get an extension by at least a ... More

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

E-paper anouncement
Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

Union Budget 2007-08

Railway Budget 2007-2008

Economic Survey 2006-2007

Top Stories
RBI rejects banks' plea on asset provisioning

Intermediaries try to lure investors into index funds

Intel transits to 40-nano era

Govt agencies buy 35.45 l tonnes wheat

India need not fear a rising rupee

Profile of a typical fraudster

Looking back
Apr. 8-Apr. 14
Soyabean meal exports cross Rs 4,000-cr mark

Demand to drive up copper prices

Cotton — future imperfect

S. India tea output hit by drought

Panel to probe cattle deaths

Pepsi offers Nafed help in wheat procurement

Govt slashes import duty on palm oil