The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 21, 2005

Gold weekly contracts settled
THE first-ever weekly gold (demat) contracts - GoldAhm July05 - launched by the Multi Commodity Exchange of India last week were settled successfully on Thursday, resulting in physical delivery of 10 kg of gold at Ahmedabad. MCX launched ... More

FARM CREDIT

Kerala seeks interest waiver for Wayanad farmers
THE Kerala Government is trying to get nationalised banks to introduce an interest waiver scheme for the farmers in Wayanad district, the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, told the State Assembly on Wednesday. He said that the Government was ... More

AQUACULTURE

`More infrastructural facilities needed for tuna fishing'
Dr S. Chellappa, Principal Secretary, AP Fisheries Department, said the future of Indian fisheries lies in tuna fishing. More

Abstinence pays off
Fishermen prepare to venture out into the sea at Fort Kochi on Wednesday. Studies have shown that seasonal trawling ban has increased the marine wealth of the State and reduced tension among fishing communities in the coastal areas. ... More

PLANTATIONS

Campco seeks curbs on arecanut imports
THE Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd has said the Union Government should cancel all the advance licences that were issued for the import of arecanut and cocoa products. A Campco delegation - ... More

RUBBER

Bangkok market gains boost sheet rubber
SHEET rubber RSS 4 moved up again to Rs 67 a kg from Rs 66.50 on enquiries from the covering groups and purchase agents. The bull run of the day was led by a sharp gain in RSS 3 to Rs 75.71 from Rs 73.84 a kg at the Bangkok spot market. The ... More

FOODGRAINS

Foodgrain stocks dip below buffer norm — Situation comfortable to meet needs, says Pawar
THE overall foodgrain stocks - driven by low wheat stocks in the Central pool - have declined below the minimum buffer norms by about 25 lakh tonnes (lt) as on July 1. The Government plans make good the low wheat stocks by offering rice ... More

COTTON

A precious compound from cotton plant
COTTON is one plant that is sprayed with large amount of pesticides and insecticides. But a research of the plant in the US had led to discovery of a powerful compound that can help drive pests and diseases and, most probably, even treat cancer ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS

Commodities delink from dollar, play different tune
AN overweight position in energy, a positive view towards base metals from end-second quarter price levels, neutral towards precious metals and an underweight position in the agricultural segment (except sugar) are the highlights of ... More

WTO

India firm on ending of farm subsidies by developed nations
AS the World Trade Organisation (WTO) kicks off an intense 10 days of negotiations beginning on Thursday in Geneva, to evolve the July Approximation for negotiations in various areas, in the run-up to the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting in December ... More

India for highest cuts in domestic farm support in US, Japan, EU
INDIA on Tuesday made it clear that the three largest distorters in global farm trade, the European Union, Japan and the United States, should be subject to the highest cuts in their domestic support measures to their farmers. Disclosing this ... More