The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 16, 2006

PULSES
Confusion over stock limit order applicability
The stock limit order of the Maharashtra Government has jolted futures trade in pulses and wheat. There is also confusion over the applicability of the stock order on warehoused stocks at the accredited warehouses of the commodity ... More

AP to impose stock limit on pulses
The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to impose curbs on stock piling of pulses and wheat. The notification in this regard, which is being vetted by the law department, will be announced in a day or two. Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, Minister ... More

COMMODITIES
Decline in energy prices pegs inflation lower
Wholesale price index of all commodities up at 206 points More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Characteristics count
NOT INPUTS ALONE: Saplings of banana kept for sale at a road side in Angalmali, near Kochi in Kerala. The seed industry in the country plays a key role, providing quality seeds of high yielding varieties and hybrids of different crops. Seed ... More

RUBBER
`Drastic fall unlikely in natural rubber prices'
The Chairman of the Rubber Board, Mr Sajen Peter, does not envisage a drastic fall in the price of natural rubber in the near term. Presenting the "trend and outlook" for natural rubber (NR) on the eve of the 113th UPASI Annual Conference, he ... More

Spot rubber rules weak
Spot rubber weakened on Friday. The domestic market failed to hold Thursday's gains as trend setting TOCOM closed slightly lower in all its contracts. This was followed by a weakness in gold and oil products futures globally. RSS 4 fell back to ... More

TEA
Concern over cheap tea imports
Upasi seeks strict monitoring More

Mixed trend at Kochi tea auction
There was 7,93,000 kg of dust tea on offer at the Kochi tea auction. Prices of superior CTC varieties gravitated lower from Rs 3 to 5, while medium varieties eased from Rs 2 to 3 and below medium fell by a rupee. Orthodox high grown varieties ... More

Call to focus on orthodox tea production
If India must compete effectively in the world market, there is a definite need to strengthen the orthodox tea production and recapture the lost markets, according to tea exporters. Orthodox tea production has slipped from 52 per cent of the ... More

Clarification
With reference to the photo with the caption "Row over Production" published in these colums on September 13, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) clarifies that it has not projected a lower crop for 2006. ITA has projected a crop of 930 million ... More

Industry urged to focus on CTC tea markets
`The industry needs self-regulation' More

FOODGRAINS
Govt fixes targets for procurement of foodgrains
The distribution of red gram will begin through all the rythu bazaars/civil supplies counters/fair price shops within three to four days. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Traders laud sales tax waiver on oilseed cake
Traders have welcomed the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to exempt oil cake and peas from sales tax. According to those in the oil cake trade, these were among the few agro products that continued to attract sales tax. It had been a long ... More

COFFEE
Weather-linked cover soon
In a bid to protect coffee growers from the vagaries of blossom showers and monsoons, the Government proposes to come out with a weather-linked insurance scheme soon, said Mr G.V. Krishna Rau, Chairman, Coffee Board, on Friday. Addressing the ... More

POULTRY
Precious poultry
EMPLOYMENT SOURCE: A worker unloading egg trays from a truck at Kochi. The country ranks among the top six egg-producing countries in the world, with an estimated 48 billion eggs being produced every year. The value of output from the poultry ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Chilli prices soar on fear of delayed arrival
Lower yield last year, Bangla demand also factors to count More

EVENTS
Farmers plan rally against agri policies
The All India Kisan Sabha will organise four national `jathas' from Kanyakumari, Mumbai, Jammu and Agartala, which will converge in New Delhi on November 20, 2006. Local level rallies will also be organised at the state, ... More

OUTLOOK
Kharif grains, oilseed output may fall this year
Decline likely in cotton too More

Coffee output likely to exceed 2.74 lakh tonnes
Clear picture in Nov; `export target will be achieved' More