Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, March 22, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FERTILISERS Urea output, use down in TN THERE has been a significant drop in urea production, sales and consumption for the 11-month period between April 2001 and February 2002 in Tamil Nadu, according to industry sources. However, consumption of potassic fertilisers had increased ... More
HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES Web site for fruit, vegetable sales in Chennai POO, kaai, kani — flowers, fruits and vegetables — that is what Pookaaikani.com will deliver to the residents of the city if they call up its call centre or log on to its Web site, Pookaaikani.com, and place their ... More
Nod for 2 lakh t onions export RUBBER HC ultimatum to Centre on rubber grading, sale price THE Kerala High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Commerce to take a decision in two months time on the question of enforcing grading in rubber and fixing sale price for different grades of rubber following a petition filed by a member of ... More SUGAR Sugar fund Bill tabled in LS THE Government has introduced the Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Bill 2002 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The proposed amendments in the existing Sugar Development Fund Act of 1982 are aimed at making funds from the Sugar Development Fund ... More TEA 
January tea output down 1.7 per centThe country's tea output declined in January this year by 1.7 per cent to 19.1 million kg (mkg), compared to the same period last year. Production in the northern region slid 2.4 per cent to 4.5 mkg (6.9 mkg) but in the South the output was up ... More WATER MANAGEMENT Kerala: Focus on lift irrigation, big projects out `In the present scenario, development requires private participation and for that the political leadership and trade union leaders should abandon rhetoric and accept the ground realities.' More CONSULTING Good response to agri-clinic project THE national agri-entrepreneurial scheme to raise a new breed of agri-consultants in rural areas has received a good response, with 7,293 applicants from all over the country. Uttar Pradesh with 1,805, Bihar with 485 and Maharastra (425) topped ... More LEATHER Leather design club to go online THE Shoe Design Club, the body that brings together the design expertise in the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) and the manufacturing capability in the leather product industry, is planning to launch a Web site. According to Mr ... More PRECIOUS METALS Gold exchange key to boost market: Reddy THE Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Dr Y.V. Reddy, on Thursday advocated the setting up of a Gold Exchange to develop the precious metals market and integrate it with the financial markets. Speaking at a conference organised ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS GM crops: Seeds of contention NEW Delhi is clearly wavering over a clear-cut policy on genetically modified crops (GM crops). With biodiversity poaching in the garb of "documentation" and "research", even by supposedly "eminent" dramatis personae on the one hand, and ... More COTTON Steady trend in lint prices Cotton lint prices were moderately steady during the last fortnight. While the arrivals thinned in the northern cotton kappas markets, in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh the flow was regular and of good volume. An easy trend in price levels ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Cargill puts edible oil buys from TN on hold THE US-based Cargill foods is toying with the idea of closing its edible oil operations in Tamil Nadu in view of the tax burden it faces through the four per cent uniform floor sales tax and additional sales tax on the trade turnover. It has ... More
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