The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 29, 2006

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Spot exchange centres to be set up in Kerala
The National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), expected to be operational by the end of January next, will launch farm grade contracts for delivery at all important arrival centres in Kerala. According to Mr Anjani Sinha, Managing Director and CEO, ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Winter prompts first frost alert in north
NW India may experience wet spell More

PLANTATIONS
Arecanut growers irked over gutkha ban
It is now procured from petty traders from Ketcheri and Amalanagar markets in Trissur. Small growers directly supply the product to Campco in little quantities, said Mr Ravindra Rao, Regional Manager Campco, Trissur. As there is no demand at ... More

RUBBER
Sheet rubber improves
The physical rubber prices showed a better trend on Tuesday. Sheet rubber improved by 50 paise to Rs 77.50 a kg at Kottayam. But it closed steady at Rs 77 a kg at Kochi lacking fresh support from traders. Rains still disturb the tapping in ... More

SUGAR
TN fixes sugarcane price at Rs 222.50/tonne
Private mills await Government notification More

TEA
Rise in volume at Coimbatore tea auction
Volumes offered at the weekly tea auction have started to rise with the offerings touching 8.83 lakh kg at sale No 47, which concluded on November 24. Leaf grades amounted to 3.83 lakh kg and the rest was dust. There was fair demand for ... More

GOLD & SILVER
`Have more gold in forex reserves'
Tarapore wants proactive RBI policy More

TOBACCO
Karnataka tobacco auctions disrupted
Farmers to shun floors till Dec 5 More

POULTRY
Bird flu outbreak may hit soya
The sentiment on the national commodity exchanges, NCDEX and MCX, turned negative with the confirmation of a bird flu outbreak in South Korea. The South Korean Agriculture Ministry has confirmed that about 600 chickens died in the latest ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
High-yielding variety
MEDICINAL AID: A huge tuber of ginger (zingeber officinale) on display at the Acharya NG Ranga Agri University in Hyderabad, developed at the ICAR's Research Complex for North Eastern Hill region, Sikkim. Yielding 30 tonnes per hectare, it has ... More

EVENTS
Experts bullish on gold
Renewed investor interest may push it above $700/oz More

TRENDS
Wages in grains
FARM WORKERS carrying grains received as part of their wages in Thrissur. The Centre has doubled the amount of Rs 60 to those registered under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Kerala in view of the standard of living and other ... More