Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, January 04, 2006 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES CULTIVATION Movement to protect soil health to be launched THE agricultural sector in the country will witness a major movement this year from all stakeholders to protect the soil health. Fertiliser companies, agricultural universities, farmers' associations and the Union and State Governments will ... More AWARDS & HONOURS Award for BL photographer THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Principal News Photographer K.K. Mustafah of Business Line has won the third prize in the State-level contest for farm photography conducted by the Farm Information Bureau (FIB) here. The award carries a cash ... More INSIGHT Sugar, edible oil can help mop up additional revenue of Rs 1,000 cr IT is that time of the year when the Budget exercise gathers pace in New Delhi. It is no secret that the Centre's finances are rather stretched. The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, would obviously be looking for measures to augment ... More FLORICULTURE 
Africa promises bed of roses for floriculture sectorTHE Dark Continent is beckoning Indian hi-tech floriculturists who are making a beeline to set up shop there. The focus is initially on Ethiopia in North Africa. The reason? Proximity to main consuming markets such as Europe and West Asia, ... More PLANTATIONS 
An inter-crop that provided succourGreen pepper ready for harvest in an estate in Madikeri, Karnataka. Pepper is grown in the Kodagu region as an inter-crop with coffee. Pepper had helped plantation growers to an extent when coffee prices ruled low during the last 5-6 years. ... More RUBBER Rubber rules firm on covering purchases THE rubber market turned almost steady on Tuesday. Covering purchases on sheet rubber kept it slightly firm at Rs 71.25 against Rs 71 a kg both at Kottyam and Kochi while the remaining grades including latex were quoted flat with a decline in ... More SUGAR Oil cos begin sales of ethanol-doped petrol in TN According to sources in the know, the three oil companies — Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum — have started selling petrol mixed with five per cent ethanol in nine southern districts of Tamil Nadu. The ... More TEA Eveready posts 35 pc growth in tea business THE packet tea business of Eveready Industries India Ltd is likely to register a 35-40 per cent growth in the current financial year, 2005-06, against the previous year. According to Mr Deepak Khaitan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of ... More PRECIOUS METALS Gold's upward thrust needs to be watched GOLD started extremely strongly today with prices reaching $523 an ounce in the London market forenoon trade after Asian markets tested higher. The market was boosted partly by a weaker dollar. Analysts said near-term resistance was seen at ... More WTO 
Should India demand farm subsidy cuts by developed nations?In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture globally competitive, says G. Chandrashekhar More E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS Online platform for Kerala farmers soon FARMERS in Kerala's Malappuram district could soon sell their produce online through the State's e-Krishi platform as the ambitious project is set to take off by end of this month. "We should be able to conduct transactions on e-Krishi platform ... More
ITC to invest $1 b in e-Choupal infrastructure EVENTS World castor meet in Rajkot MUMBAI: An international seminar on the dynamics of the castor oil market will be held in Rajkot, Gujarat on February 18. Participants from India and abroad will examine crop prospects, estimate demand and supply situation, explore ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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