The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 12, 2008

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Depression weakens, but rains hang around
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 Sunday’s depression over north interior Orissa underwent two rounds of weakening and lain as a conventional ‘low’ over east Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood on Monday. ...

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS: Milk to cost Rs 2 more in Mumbai from today
Kolkata also is headed for one rupee/a litre hike from September 1. There seems to be no respite for urban consumers from price increases in their daily glass of milk. ...

TEA: HUL not to hike tea prices
Hindustan Unilever, the FMCG major which has a leadership in the tea segment, has said it didn't foresee any steep increase of its tea prices. "We don't want to cash in on the current inflationary trend and increase the prices. No one understands ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: ‘Trough’ leaves Kerala in the ditch
An offshore trough that didn’t exist for the most part and an indifferent low-level jet (LLJ) that whizzed far too north may have combined to deny Kerala its due share of rainfall this season. ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: NCDEX launches coriander futures
Mumbai, Aug 11 Notwithstanding the record rise in coriander prices, NCDEX on Monday launched trading in coriander ...

AQUACULTURE: Bleak prospects

TEA: Operations at Bengal tea gardens at a standstill
Normal operations in West Bengal’s 280 tea gardens scattered over Darjeeling hills and Dooars and Terai regions came to a halt on Monday as more than three lakh workers employed in these gardens observed a strike in protest against the ...

COMMODITY EXCHANGES: NCDEX Spot Exchange head quits
Mumbai, Aug 11 Even as the much-awaited electronic spot exchange initiative of NCDEX is yet to take off comprehensively, Ms Sanvali Kaushik, Chief Executive Officer, NCDEX Spot Exchange, has put in her ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures down on bearish sentiments
Pepper futures market on Monday traded easier on bearish speculative ...

INSIGHT: Time to throw open the silos
The Government’s revised food-grains production figure for 2007-08 has touched a record level of 230.67 million tonnes, up from 217.28 million tonnes in 2006-07, recording a growth rate of 6.16 per cent. As of July 1, the Government ...

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Kerala staff to join Nabard strike
Employees of the Kerala regional office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will join the national strike, to be held on August 20, according to a press release issued by the Nabard Employees’ Association, ...

GOLD & SILVER: MCX delivers 3,118 gold guineas
Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd delivered 3,118 coins of 8 gm each (about 25 kg valued Rs 3.18 crore) on expiry of first-ever Gold Guinea July contract. The average trading volume was Rs 7.63 crore a day. Mr Suresh Parasrampuria, Chief Business ...