Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, April 08, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, April 08, 2005 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY EXCHANGES NCDEX to launch lemon tur futures NATIONAL Commodity and Derivative Exchange has decided to launch trading in Myanmar origin Lemon Tur Contract and Maharashtra Lal Tur Contract. The exchange will commence trading from Friday. The initial contracts available for trading will be ... More RICE 
Problem of plentyPaddy sacks at the Pandanbazar UP School at Kumarakom in Kottayam district, one of the several schools where the Regional Service Cooperative Bank has stored 1,205 tonnes of paddy it procured last month. Farmers in Kuttanad, the rice bowl of ... More CLIMATE & WEATHER Week of `excess' rain in all dists of Kerala ACTIVE `troughs' of low pressure on either side of the southern peninsula have resulted in some great spells of welcome rain for Kerala and Tamil Nadu in what is considered as a bonus wet weather during the heights of a summer. According to ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
Toxic fruitsA fruit vendor selling mangoes in a street in Kochi. Mangoes, along with fruits such as grapes, oranges and apples, have been found to contain high amount of chemicals and pesticides. A study conducted by the mobile health squad of the State ... More RUBBER 2004 declared boom year for rubber THE Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) Trust in the Commerce Ministry has categorised the year 2004 as a `boom year' for natural rubber and a `normal year' for coffeeand tea. Accordingly, the PSF Trust has now announced the price spectrum band for ... More
Rubber prices maintain steady trend TEA Goodricke's expansion hinges on Japanese deal WITHIN the next two months Goodricke Group Ltd would take a decision on whether they would set up their second instant tea plant of 600 tonnes a year capacity at a cost of Rs 35 crore. Mr K.S. David, Managing Director of Goodricke Group, said a ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 
Spot gold may rise, then dipSPOT gold prices recovered due to a slightly firmer Euro and renewed physical interest at lower levels. Physical buying and bargain hunting seems to limit gold price weakness currently. Physical gold demand is expected to increase as the Indian ... More FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Food processing vision aims to double growth Also targets to raise global share in processed food market to 3 per cent by 2015. More METALS Copper prices to stay firm TIGHT availability is making base metal prices vulnerable to upward price spikes, according to experts. Combination of low stocks, under-hedged consumers and renewed speculative buying inspired by a firmer euro are all cited as factors behind ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Nabard increases aid to farm sector by 19 pc in Karnataka The assistance provided to the State during the last fiscal was Rs 2,196 crore as against Rs 1,842 crore in 2003-04. More COTTON Bollgard II GM cotton may be commercialised from 2006 MONSANTO is hopeful that its Bollgard II version of genetically modified (GM) cotton would be ready for commercial cultivation in the country in the 2006 planting season. "The Bollgard II lines incorporated in select cotton hybrids of ... More POULTRY VAT row: Kerala traders not to buy chicken POULTRY traders in Kerala have decided not to buy chicken from Tamil Nadu until the Kerala Government reviews its decision to impose a 12.5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on live birds. "It is not economical for us to pay that kind of tax. We ... More INCOME TAX Tea, coffee growers exempted from agri-income tax in Kerala THE State Government has decided to exempt tea and coffee growers from agriculture income tax for two years. The exemption, however, would not be applicable to plantations that are registered as companies, the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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