The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 30, 2008

FARM CREDIT
Tractor producers plan to meet SBI officials
New Delhi, May 29 The Tractor Manufacturers Association plans to meet the State Bank of India on its reduced financing on farm loans. It said that despite the bank rolling back its circular on restraining fresh loans, it was still going ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Monsoon onset delayed, cyclone watch reset
Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 The southwest monsoon has missed the nine-day median of May 29 for onset fixed by India Meteorological Department (IMD) even as the cyclone watch in the Arabian Sea came unstuck for a third successive time over the ... More

AQUACULTURE
Dollar fluctuations eat into Indian shrimp exports
Kochi, May 29 The rapid changes in the value of the dollar against the Indian currency have been negatively affecting Indian shrimp exports. According to representatives of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), Indian exports of ... More

Karnataka’s 57-day fishing ban from June 15
Mangalore, May 29 The Karnataka Government has imposed fishing ban in three districts of coastal Karnataka during monsoon season. A statement issued by the Department of Fisheries, Government of Karnataka, here said that a 57-day fishing ban ... More

INSIGHT
The Santa Claus syndrome
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FLORICULTURE
Karuturi to grow paddy, vegetables in Ethiopia
Plans raising $250 m, acquires 1 lakh acres More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Awaits inauguration
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RUBBER
Spot rubber drops below Rs 130/kg
Kottayam, May 29 The rubber prices continued to rule weak on Thursday. Declines in international futures hammered the domestic sentiments and RSS 4 slipped to Rs 129.50 from to Rs 130 a kg on Wednesday. The market made all-round ... More

SUGAR
Bitter times ahead for sugar industry in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, May 29 The sugar industry in Andhra Pradesh is in for bitter times. Drop in acreage, rapid decline in volumes of cane crushed by mills, and rising labour costs for harvesting, portend trouble in the coming season.Painting a ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
No respite seen to food inflation in developing nations
New Delhi, May 29 For the beleaguered net food importing developing countries, faced with the recent record level of prices for almost all agricultural commodities that led substantially to food inflation, the prospects for any respite in the ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
‘Two genetics related panels violate norms, lack quorum’
Hyderabad, May 29 The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, a Hyderabad-based NGO, has alleged that the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the apex Government agency, has violated norms as it took some important decisions.Dr ... More

COTTON
Bt cotton acreage likely to rise 2% this year
Acreage may top 64 lakh hectares as prices improve More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Malaysia hints at palm oil-rice barter
Although there has been an overall increase in edible oil imports, India’s purchases of palm oil specifically from Malaysian have declined substantially in the last six years, largely due to growth in India’s processing industry ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices Board to independently acquire land for park in Kerala
Kochi, May 29 Dissatisfied over the delay in acquiring land for the proposed Spices Park in Kerala, the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has said the Spices Board will now independently acquire the land to set up the ... More

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