The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 10, 2007

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NMCE launching new series futures contracts
Ahmedabad, Aug. 9 The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has reduced the daily price fluctuation limit in all raw jute futures contract on its terminals with effect from today, in pursuance of the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Cool seawaters off Gujarat douse cyclone spin
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 Cooling of the coastal seawaters from a prolonged rain has prevented the monsoon ‘low’ over Kutch from spinning to cyclonic strength just yet. But the system could rustle up some strength after it ... More

CULTIVATION
The land was his life
Farmer suicides in Singur have been driven by the loss of fertile lands long held dear by them. More

INSIGHT
Flawed policy on wheat imports
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FLORICULTURE
‘Retail boom to trigger growth in floriculture’
Hyderabad, Aug. 9 The boom in the retail segment will give a big boost to the nascent Rs 1,000-crore floriculture segment. This in turn would generate lakhs of jobs in rural areas, according to Mr S. Jafar Naqvi, Chief Co-Ordinator and ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices improve
Kottayam, Aug. 9 The physical rubber rates improved on Thursday. According to market circles, the fundamentals remained unchanged as there had been no improvement in the availability of rubber and hence the prices recovered in tune with the ... More

TEA
Marginal increase in tea output in Jan-June
Kolkata, Aug. 9 Between January and June this year, the country’s tea production increased by a meagre 0.4 per cent at 334.7 million kg (mkg), up from 333.3 mkg in the same period of last year, according to statistics complied by the ... More

Farm initiatives from S&T Ministry
The Union Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal, on Thursday said that the Ministry has planned several steps including a working paper to rejuvenate the tea industry in North India and the Web-based information on agriculture ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Global butter oil prices double to $6,000/t
Rising price trend opens up export possibilities for Indian dairies More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures drop on fall in stock market
Kochi, Aug. 9 Pepper futures market, which moved up by Rs 250 a quintal in the morning session, on Thursday fell by over Rs 150 a quintal at the day’s closing on the downward trend in the stock market following the reported crash in the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Curbs on PDS supply to tea growers hit garden owners
Kolkata, Aug. 9 The drastic curtailment in allotment of foodgrains for tea garden workers under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in West Bengal has hit the garden owners of the State, according to Mr Shashank Prashad, President, ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Fisherfolk protest
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