The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 11, 2006

The moneylender surfaces again
FOR those who thought that the controversy about private moneylenders was a thing of the past, there is news. There have been several suicides among the cotton growers in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Even those ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Fruit fusion
A farmer displaying a strange variety of pineapple cultivated in Banavasi village in Shimoga district, Karnataka. This variety is a fusion of five or more pineapples that is commonly grown in the region. It weighs more than three times than an ... More

`Improved supply can help expand apple market'
INDIA's growing market for apples - both indigenous and imported - can expand faster with improved supply chain efficiencies that can reduce costs and deliver better consumer benefit, says a study published by Centre for management in ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Agriculturists seek stepping up of farm sector investments
AGRICULTURISTS urged the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday, to step up investments in the agricultural sector, provide fiscal incentives for creation of irrigation facilities and come up with measures to ensure that government ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices rule steady
PHYSICAL rubber prices were steady on Tuesday. The market appeared to be in a holiday mood and there were no quantity sellers and buyers in the main marketing centres. The transactions were also on a very low key. Sheet rubber RSS 4 was quoted ... More

TEA

Coonoor tea prices up on limited supply
THE New Year has begun on a happy note for the Nilgiris tea producers as their teas, at the first auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA), have fetched around Rs 2 a kg more than the last sale of 2005. The main reason for the ... More

FOODGRAINS

Food subsidy cut put on hold: Pawar
THE Government has decided to put on hold the recent Cabinet decision to cut the food subsidy bill by 30 per cent, following protests from the Left parties, DMK and a section of the Congress. The Union Minister for Agriculture, Food and Public ... More

Mixed reaction to cut in foodgrains subsidy on expected lines
THE mixed reaction to recent increase in issue price and reduction in quantity of foodgrains supplied under the public distribution system (PDS) as also under welfare programmes (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) has been entirely on expected lines. Extreme ... More

COTTON

Mills decry short supply of ELS cotton — Poor seeds quality, labour costs worry growers
More textile mills participating in on-farm exercises would encourage spreading the awareness for the industry's needs among the cotton growers, especially in the promotion of ELS cotton whose shortage is a constant worry for the finer count yarn man ufacturers. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Sesame growers urged to sell stocks before March
THE Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) of the Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) has advised growers to offload sesame stock before March to get the best rates. It is currently quoting between Rs 28 ... More

Soyameal price rises on pick-up in demand
WITH fears over bird flu abating, demand for oilmeals, especially soyameal, has picked up. "Pick-up in demand for soyameal has resulted in prices rising by $20-25 a tonne last week," said Mr B.V. Mehta, Executive Director, Solvent Extractors ... More

Edible oil imports down in April-October
EDIBLE oil imports of the country fell by 20.6 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal to Rs 5,288 crore, compared to Rs 6,660 crore recorded during the corresponding previous period. The main reason for the decline was the ... More

TOBACCO

Tobacco products: `Scrapping of addl duties won't help'
'Huge illegal movement of stocks will take place'
INDIRECT tax experts, especially those connected to the industry, are of the view that if the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act 1957, as applicable to tobacco products, is repealed, it will effectively stop any share ... More

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