The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 13, 2005

REI Agro's $28-m FCCB issue
MUMBAI: Rei Agro, a basmati rice processing company, on Tuesday announced the placement of a $28-million Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB) with an additional 15 per cent green shoe option. An application has been made to list the ... More

AQUACULTURE

Shrimp exports fall sharply post-tsunami
THE country's marine exports have dipped sharply ever since the tsunami struck India's vast coastline. "On the heels of the December 2004 tsunami, according to the most recently compiled statistics, US shrimp imports from India dropped 57 per ... More

`Catch declining due to fishing during breeding period'
SPEAKERS at a seminar on `Fish and prawn culture' have expressed concern over fishing in the sea during the fish-breeding season. The seminar was organised by the College of Fisheries, Mangalore, on Tuesday to commemorate `Fish Farmers' Day'. ... More

INSIGHT

The not-so-happy harvests
TWO major events have shocked India and the world. After an unbearably long and hot summer, torrential rains flooded large parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. But more consternation was caused by the terrorist attacks ... More

RUBBER

Spot rubber up on bullish TOCOM
THE domestic spot rubber market moved up further on Tuesday as the covering groups and purchase agents turned active once again, inspired by an extremely bullish TOCOM closing. Growers and stockists were comfortable on the sidelines as the news ... More

TEA

Tamil Nadu blazes new trail to support small growers
TEA planters and coconut growers in Tamil Nadu must have been a twice-blessed lot with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, announcing a relief package for them, following the pattern of a larger relief to plantation industry being ... More

TN tea subsidy scheme `timely'
THE Nilgiris Small Tea Growers Association has welcomed the Small Tea Growers Protection Scheme announced by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa. "We have been asking for assistance from both the State and the Centre for the ... More

Not much to cheer
Workers plucking tea in an estate in Coonoor. Rising production, dipping exports and low prices have combined to cause worry for the plantation industry, particularly the tea ... More

Tripartite meet on Bengal tea workers' strike tomorrow
A TRIPARTITE meeting of representatives of the tea industry in North Bengal, State Government officials and trade unions has been convened on July 14 to break the impasse over the ongoing indefinite workers' strike in the tea industry in North ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

TN announces support price for copra
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a support price for `copra' to support coconut farmers. The Tamil Nadu State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd (Tanfed) will procure copra at a price of Rs 3,570 a quintal directly from ... More

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