The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 03, 2008

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NCDEX to launch futures for carbon credits
Mumbai, April 2 National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd will launch futures trading in Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) on April 10.NCDEX is the first exchange in any of the developing countries of the world to launch a ... More

RICE
Rice planter machine put on demo in TNAU
Coimbatore, April 2 The Japanese-made Yanmar rice transplanter (model VP6) was put on demonstration recently in the wetlands of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). The demo was part of a month-long training/testing programme on the ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Eastern Bay warming up in advance of ‘low’
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 The trough in the southeast Bay of Bengal has become less marked after northwesterlies made deep inroads into the region, but all the same leaving some headroom for the much-awaited ‘pre-monsoon low’ to ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Nuts about it!
Paramount Farms makes a passionate pitch for California pistachios. More

Retail chains in talks to buy Alphonso mangoes
QUEUING UP More

PLANTATIONS
Tea plantations upset over minimum wage proposal
The draft minimum wage notification issued by the Tamil Nadu Government, proposing a minimum daily rate of Rs 101.52 for tea plantation workers, ‘would be a death knell for the plantations in the State’, say management ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber rules steady
Kottayam, April 2 Spot rubber prices were almost steady on Wednesday. Though the market appeared firm, the expectations for an uptrend failed to materialise as it lacked the support from the tyre sector. Sheet rubber RSS 4 closed flat at Rs ... More

TEA
7-week high offer at Coonoor tea sales
Coonoor, April 2 A volume of 9.11 lakh kgs has been catalogued for the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) to take place here on Thursday and Friday. This is the highest volume of the last seven weeks. It is 5,000 kgs ... More

COTTON
Buddhadeb urged to take up raw cotton export issue with PM
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures turn volatile
Kochi, April 2 Pepper futures market on Wednesday increased on speculative activities. The market was highly volatile because of the sell calls in the early hours of trading and later followed by buy calls from the bull speculators. The ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Nod for NMCE July, Sept coffee contracts
NMCE provides e-platform for futures trading also in rubber, pepper, guarseed, castorseed, rape/mustard seed, copra, cardamom. More

Chana futures recover on short covering
Mumbai, April 2 After crashing to their lower circuit of four per cent on Tuesday, the soya complex futures on NCDEX stablised on Wednesday.Soyabean futures shed 1.44 per cent to Rs 4,299 per quintal on weak sentiment. RM seed was down ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Export ban goes on castor, coconut oils
Curbs remain on shipments of sesame, groundnut oils More

CO-OPERATIVES
NCDC disburses Rs 320 cr in 2007-08
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 The National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC) has disbursed Rs 320 crore for various development programmes in Kerala in 2007-08.The funds were provided mainly for agro-processing and value ... More

TRENDS
Dream projects push up land values to exorbitant rates
Depriving the poor of owning land; affecting ecological system More