The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 11, 2006

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Aid for growers
GOOD DAYS AHEAD: Pineapples being loaded in a mini truck near Kochi. The Kerala Horticulture Mission has offered financial aid for farmers to improve infrastructural facilities and cultivation. Pineapple farmers will get Rs 15,000 per hectare, ... More

PLANTATIONS
Study for long-term strategy for plantation sector
In order to work out long-term strategies for the plantation sector, the Union Commerce & Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, today said that the Government would undertake a Competitiveness Study on the sector soon. He said this after a review ... More

RUBBER
Hardening prices
NOT SOFT: A worker making rubber sheets in a plantation near Kochi. Increase in natural rubber prices by 11 per cent in a span of two months (60 per cent higher than last year) is forcing tyre manufacturing companies to hike prices of the entire ... More

Sharp fall in spot rubber on panic selling
The week opened with a sharp fall in spot rubber prices. Prices fell on panic selling by dealers as the international indices lost ground on heavy long liquidation and bear hammering. There were no buyers even at lower levels as trend setting ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Precious metals decline further
Silver prices fell further, while gold declined marginally on the local bullion market on Monday following weak overseas market coupled with poor buying. Standard gold prices were down Rs 90 at Rs 9,360 per 10 gm from Rs 9,450 per 10 gm. Pure ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Sharp fall in pepper futures
Liquidation by bulls coupled with reports of reduction in prices by Vietnam has led the pepper futures market to fall sharply on Monday. Vietnam impact Vietnam has reportedly reduced its prices to $1,850 a tonne ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
MCX launches futures trading in natural gas
Opportunity to trade in rupee-denominated deals More

INTERVIEW
Correction
There were two reporting errors in the interview with Dr J.J. Irani that appeared in these columns on July 5. Dr Irani had mentioned ``...the suppliers and customers being far more consolidated...'' The report said ``fragmented'' instead of ... More

PERFORMANCE
Gujarat clocks 12.6 pc agri growth in two years
No farmer suicides reported, says Nabard More