The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 18, 2003

Seafood sector to seek capital infusion — Plans SPV to raise Rs 700 cr from open market, FIs
THE seafood industry has mooted the setting up of a reconstruction and development fund to re-capitalise the industry. The new scheme envisages setting up of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to raise around Rs 700 crore via the open market or ... More

RUBBER

Rubber prices steady
RUBBER prices ruled steady on Thursday with no changes reported for any grades. Arrivals were very low. Transactions continued to be thin as the buyers kept away from the market. The ongoing truck operators' strike has almost strangled the ... More

TEA

`Transformation to CTC costs tea industry dear'
The share of orthodox has slipped to less than 10 per cent from 62 per cent four decades ago. More

Reaching out to Iraqis: Tea sector shows the way
IT is a novel way of re-establishing one's presence in a promising market, which has been ravaged by war. Iraq was in fact perhaps the fastest growing market for Indian tea, providing some relief in an otherwise barren landscape for the tea ... More

COTTON

`Farmers incur loss due to Bt cotton'

TOBACCO

`Tobacco as pesticide not viable option'
DR Yelamanchili Sivaji, former MP, today felt that alternative use of tobacco as pesticide was not a viable proposition for tobacco growers and asked scientists not to encourage it. He was speaking on `Prospects of Indian Tobacco in 21st ... More

POULTRY

AP Poultry industry seeks exemption
SEVERELY hit by the ongoing nation-wide strike by transporters, the Rs 4,000-crore poultry industry in Andhra Pradesh has appealed to truck owners to consider the industry as an `emergency service' keeping in view the perishable nature of the ... More

CO-OPERATIVES

Girijan co-op targets Rs 135-cr turnover
THE Girijan Co-operative Corporation Ltd (GCCL) has set itself the target of achieving a turnover of Rs 135 crore and procuring minor forest produce and agriculture produce worth Rs 25 crore during the current financial year (2003-2004), Mr G. ... More

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