The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, October 03, 2007

INSIGHT
Is the farmer-consumer conflict an illusion?
The conflicting interests of the farmers and consumers are often exaggerated. The conflict is often created by Government policies designed to keep food prices deliberately low in the interests of the industry under the guise of helping the common ma n. More

COMMODITIES
‘Farmers must get better price for their produce’
Consumers have to pay more to the farmers if the country must produce the food that is required for a billion people, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has said.“There is no other way. You (consumers) have to cut back ... More

TEA
Re 1/kg excise duty on packet tea mooted
To meet social cost of plantation workers, says panel More

‘Financial package for sick tea gardens soon’
Kochi, Oct 2 The Union Commerce Ministry is planning to introduce a financial package for sick tea gardens in line with the packages given to closed tea gardens in the country, the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has ... More

Coonoor tea prices dip on weak demand
Prices dropped on an average Rs 2 a kg at Sale No: 39 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) auctions held here recently as the demand was inadequate to absorb the huge volume at higher bids. The volume of 11.72 lakh kg offered ... More

COTTON
Cotton trade resents Gujarat ginners’ move on packing charges
Buyers in South say Rs 40 per bale will hurt them More

COCONUT & COPRA
Kerala’s share in coconut output falls
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 2 The share of Kerala in the country’s coconut production has declined over the years although the area under the crop has shown an increasing trend.The State’s contribution has come down to around ... More

CASHEW
Cashew convention in Feb
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Subsidy scheme for raising natural vanilla offtake
Kochi, Oct. 2 Considering the plight of vanilla farmers in the country, the Union Commerce Ministry is working out a scheme to support them by providing a subsidy to ice-cream manufacturers in the co-operative and public sectors for using ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
‘Farmers not aware of online futures trading benefits’
Madurai, Oct. 2 The outcry against online trading in commodity futures as the cause for the rise in prices is misplaced. The futures market is intended to benefit the real producers and lack of awareness about its dynamics among farmers is ... More

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