The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 15, 2005

Beast deal
Cattle transported to Thiruvananthapuram from Tamil Nadu are made to jump off the trucks while on the leash. Instant deals are struck with buyers on the scene and the `merchandise' is handed over on the ... More

COMMODITIES

Bills to amend FCRA, ECA to be introduced in winter session
THE Government plans to introduce Bills to amend the Forward Contract (Regulation) Act (FCRA) and Essential Commodities Act (ECA) in the winter session of Parliament. However, it is yet to take a final call on whether or not to go for ... More

Costlier food, energy rates push up inflation
THE annual wholesale price index-based inflation rose 4.24 per cent during the week ended October 1, accelerating from a week-earlier annual rise of 3.97 per cent. The surge in the year-on-year inflation was largely on account of higher food, ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices fall on profit booking
Profit booking exerted pressure on the prices and all major grades, including latex, lost on selling by dealers and growers. Buyers stayed away expecting the selling spree to continue till weekend. Sheet rubber RSS 4 declined to Rs 68 from ... More

Dumping duty proposed on NBR from EU, Brazil, Mexico
THE Designated Authority in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) from the European Union (excluding Germany), Brazil and ... More

Centre urged to curb imports of TSR
THE Centre should restrict imports of technically-specified rubber (TSR) by industries consuming natural rubber to help the domestic TSR sector, the Cochin Rubber Merchants Association has said. In a letter to the Ministry of Finance, the ... More

SUGAR

Fiji seeks Indian support to revive sugar industry
DESPITE its dominance in the sugar export arena, the Fijian sugar industry has started to initiate corrective measures to root out inefficiency in productivity and technology adoption. The Fijian Government is banking on India for initiating ... More

WATER

Fluid scene
A farmer in his field in suburban Kochi. Depletion of groundwater and indiscriminate use of water pose a threat to farmers as paddy fields consume almost 50 per cent of irrigation water. Per capita availability of water has gone down by 40 to ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Cheering cheese
Cottage cheese traders busy handling huge orders on Friday at Raja Katra wholesale market in Kolkata. According to the traders, the festival demand is high and prices for the cheese have increased to Rs 70-80 a kg. Normally, the prices do not ... More

COTTON

Global cotton body moots uniform trade rules
THE International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has affirmed that the world cotton trading system could function more efficiently with standardised quality evaluation systems and trade rules. It has taken note of the concerns of developing ... More

World cotton prices may rule firm
A 7.5 per cent decline in global cotton production combined with a 3.8-per cent increase in consumption leading to a world use of a record 24.6 million tonnes (mt) in 2005-06 is expected to keep cotton prices firm. With overseas prices ... More