The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 15, 2006

PULSES
Prices of pulses bounce back
Prices of chana and urad have recovered by more than four per cent and three per cent respectively after yesterday's fall of six per cent on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX). Prices of tur and wheat went up by almost one ... More

INSIGHT
A failure on the farm?
The country has failed to produce enough to meet its food requirements. More

En`titling' the farmers
Conferring land titles on landless peasants could be the starting point of attempts at eradication of poverty at the grassroots level. Emphasis will have to be placed on the marginal land and a strong support structure would have to be provided to the farmers, says T. C. A. RAMANUJAM. More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Balrampur Chini's plan to buy Indo Gulf hits roadblock
HC to hear case again on Sept 29 More

PLANTATIONS
UPASI conference, a low-key affair
`All's not well with the plantation sector' More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices improve
Domestic spot rubber prices improved on Thursday. The gains were catalysed by the sustained recovery in international indices especially the sharp bounce back in TOCOM. Covering groups turned active once again at lower levels, while sellers ... More

TEA
Tea exports to Pak via Amingaon ICD on the rise
This year Pakistan is set to emerge as a major buyer of Indian tea routed through the local inland container depot (ICD) for exports. Till the 12th rake, which left the ICD about a week ago for Kolkata port, the throughput was 849 TEUs, ... More

GOLD & SILVER
GFMS sees prospects for gold price to top $700
Potential for weakness exists in the short-term, says study More

COIR
Kochi set to host workshop on schemes in coir sector
The Union Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries, Mr Mahabir Prasad, will inaugurate the workshop being organised by the Coir Board here on Saturday. Dr Thomas Isaac, the State Finance Minister, will preside over the ... More

CASHEW
Cashew Export Promotion Council sets Rs 5,000-cr target for 2015
The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CECPI), which is celebrating its Golden Jubilee, is targeting exports worth Rs 5,000 crore by 2015. The council is also aiming at employment generation of 10 lakh by that year, according to Mr ... More

COFFEE
Financial package soon for coffee growers
To include loan rescheduling, interest waiver, agriculture credit More

Looking for more
BOOMING: A grower inspecting coffee beans at a plantation near Adimali in Kerala. Coffee prices are witnessing a boom that witnessed way back in 1998. Shortage of beans with roasters and funds interest in coffee have pushed the prices to ... More

TOBACCO
Health Ministry moots Central Tobacco Regulatory Authority
To take up issues like taxation, liaisoning with NGOs on tobacco-related issues More

PEOPLE
Move to appoint Pental as Bt-brinjal panel chief opposed
Several NGOs have opposed the GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee) decision to appoint Dr Deepak Pental, Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, as chairperson of the 13-member expert committee on Bt-brinjal. In a memorandum sent to Mr ... More