The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 21, 2008

RICE
Kerala seeks urgent Central aid
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 The Kerala Government has sought urgent financial assistance from the Centre to meet the situation arising out of severe damage to standing paddy crop caused by summer rains.The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
‘Low’ forms, to drift along southwest coast
The anticipated ‘low’ sprung up over the southeast Arabian Sea on Thursday featuring easterly winds winding into an elongated low-level circulation centre marked by widespread and largely unorganised convection. These ... More

INSIGHT
Orphans of the motherland?
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COMMODITIES
Inflation spurts to 10-month high on rising food costs
Price pressure may not favour cut in interest rates More

RUBBER
Rubber futures turn weak
Kottayam, March 20 The domestic rubber futures ended weak on Thursday. The market activities were in a slow pace lacking global guidance as major international commodity exchanges were on holidays. Heavy rains continued to dampen the overall ... More

SUGAR
CCEA approves SMP for sugarcane
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TEA
Govt provides financial relief to tea growers
The Commerce Ministry on Thursday announced the price spectrum band for 2007 for rubber, coffee and tea to give financial relief to the growers when the prices of these commodities fall below a specified level under the Price Stabilisation ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Icrisat setting up $5.25 m bio-food knowledge centre
Public-private partnership venture More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Marginal fall in pepper futures
Kochi, March 20 Pepper futures market on Thursday declined marginally on selling pressure as those holding long positions began to liquidate.Bears were said to be creating more pressure on long operators to liquidate. Indian parity ... More

Pepper harvest hit by extended showers
The extended summer showers this year over Kerala and some parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka during the past five days are negatively affecting the pepper harvesting. The pepper harvested during the past four to five days will loose its ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Customs duty on cooking oils slashed
New Delhi, March 20 The Centre on Thursday slashed import duties on all crude and refined edible oils as part of its attempt to cushion the impact of increase in the global vegetable oil prices. It also decided to exempt semi-milled and ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Tea Board signs pact with NSE arm for e-auction
Move will standardise process across auction centres: Jairam Ramesh More

EVENTS
‘Slow pace of farm growth a cause for concern’
Bangalore, March 20 Are farmers the biggest businessmen of our country? Is the response from the Union Finance Minister by waiving farm loans to the tune of Rs 60,000 crore fully justified? What happens if a country focuses mainly on the ... More

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