The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 08, 2005

AP to take up 110 lift irrigation schemes
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Government will take up 110 lift irrigation schemes to create an additional ayacut of 1.62 lakh acres during 2005-06. The Government also sanctioned to lay dedicated power lines for 170 existing lift ... More

TEA

Orthodox tea subsidy: No benefit to small-scale units
TWO months after the Centre announced a subsidy for the manufacture of orthodox teas, the 60,000-odd small growers in Nilgiris have told the Government that this has not benefited them at all. "The factories buying our green leaves manufacture ... More

Southern tea competition receives 250 entries
FOR the first ever Golden Leaf India awards: Southern Tea Competition 2005, aimed at showcasing the different agro-climatic origins of South Indian teas, each with a distinctive quality attribute, over 250 entries have been received by the United ... More

Coonoor tea prices fall on sluggish demand
TEA prices dropped by Rs 3 per kg on an average over last week when a volume of 16.65 lakh kg comprising 12.29 lakh kg leaf and 4.36 lakh kg dusts was offered for sale at the auctions conducted by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association here on ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

NY cotton futures likely to rise
NEW York cotton futures ended lower on Friday, as most market participants remained on the sidelines ahead of the important US Department of Agriculture's monthly supply/demand report, when the first detailed forecasts of the 2005/06 marketing ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Pepper prices up Rs 200 a quintal
PEPPER prices moved up by Rs 200 a quintal last week at the terminal market here on reports of drop in pepper production next season and the State Government's decision not to sell the 4,800 tonne of pepper procured by it in the domestic market. ... More

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