Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT `Landless rich' knock more on SBI doors THE scheme is for the poor, but the response is from the rich! Sounds unusual? But this has been the initial reaction to the Government's populist credit scheme for landless farmers to acquire farmland. State Bank of India, one of the major ... More PLANTATIONS Kerala planters to draft new wage deal THE Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has decided to terminate the existing wage settlement with the trade unions. A notice for the termination of wage settlement under section 19(2) of the ID Act 1947 had been issued and a new wage ... More RUBBER Rubber market remains weak KOTTAYAM: While graded sheet rubber, block rubber and latex concentrate held their ground, ungraded rubber declined in a market bereft of buying activities of the manufacturers. Trading was quite low on account of poor arrivals. Limited ... More SUGAR More exchanges invited to start sugar futures THE Centre seems to have come under intense pressure following its recent decision to effect complete decontrol of sugar in the ensuing financial year after futures trading in the commodity is operationalised by the start of the new sugar season ... More TEA FMC to finalise tea futures bids in a fortnight's time THE country may soon have the world's first futures exchange for tea. World over, tea is traded on spot basis, executed through auction centres in tea producing countries. Applications for setting up the exchange have already been received by the ... More FOODGRAINS Global grains meet in June GRAINS Conference 2002, organised by the International Grains Council (IGC), will be held in London on June 20. With `New Milling Markets - Opportunities for trade' as the theme, the conference will focus on the implications for grain markets of ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Sun shines for agri-MANAGErs THERE may be job cuts in the IT sector and the best B-school graduates might be getting less offers and that too with vastly reduced pay packets, but the story appears different for qualified candidates in the agri-business sector. The demand ... More COFFEE Dark Forest coffee launched BANGALORE: Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd, the parent company of Café Coffee Day, has launched what it claims is India's first special coffee, Dark Forest. This single origin estate branded coffee was launched at the India ... More POULTRY Godrej group to focus on poultry THE Godrej group is expected to dilute its focus on the foods business and instead concentrate on its poultry business, Mr Adi Godrej, Chairman, has said. Mr Godrej, however, ruled out exiting from the foods business, currently vested with ... More INCOME TAX Agricultural income: A taxing issue ANOTHER Budget will come and go and, in an attempt to mop-up revenues, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will force more tax on the already over-taxed people. But many others will escape as they do not come into the tax net at all — ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Feb. 10-Feb. 16 Road rubberisation emerging as new hope for growers `Knowledge vital for farm sector growth' Nabard proposes credit scheme for Tiruchi units Rabi prospects bright: CMIE Rice exports gain pace -- Indonesia to buy one million tonnes Rubco floats tender to export 10,000 tonnes Coffee wizard's cup brims with quality |
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