Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, April 10, 2003
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITIES Refrigerated vans for Rlys THE Railways has introduced refrigerated vans on mail/express trains for quicker movement of perishable commodities. One compartment of refrigerated van can carry 12 tonnes of perishable commodities such as vegetables, flowers, butter, milk and ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
The king has arrivedThe king of fruits has begun arriving in Bangalore city. This year, the arrivals are early. Mango production may touch 6 to 7 lakh tonnes this year as against 5 lakh tonnes last year. Karnataka has about a dozen prominent commercial varieties of ... More PESTICIDES Pitambari to launch natural insecticide PITAMBARI Marketing Pvt Ltd, having recently launched a vermicompost product under the brand name Gomay Vermicompost, is due to introduce a natural insecticide for farm and household use. To be introduced in June this year, the product will ... More RUBBER Rubber prices rule steady RUBBER prices ruled more or less steady on Wednesday with no visible activity. Buyers are waiting for the prices to decline to the world market level but sellers are not prepared to part with their stock. The covering group made some attempt ... More TAXATION Tax orders irk planters in Kerala THE State Government's orders directing the officers of the Sales Tax Department to proceed with assessment and levy of tax on the planters and to re-open the completed assessments, if the assessment are not barred by limitation, have evoked ... More TEA Tea trade body wants VAT lowered THE Tea Trade Association of Coimbatore (TTAC) has welcomed the Empowered Committee's move to implement VAT. It has asked the Committee to support the industry's growth. In a representation to the Chairman of the Empowered Committee on VAT, ... More COTTON 
N. India cotton growers facing double whammy — Old hybrids seen uneconomical; no Bt cotton this year tooCOTTON growers in North India are facing a double whammy. The growers are reluctant to cultivate the hybrid varieties and they will also not be able to grow Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton this season. "Bt cotton was tested for cultivation ... More
Low pest pressure offers solace to cotton farmers POULTRY Bromark spreads wings BROMARK, the All-India Broiler Farmers' Marketing Co-operative Ltd, is striving to expand its presence in Andhra Pradesh by bringing more outlets under its fold and achieve its twin objectives of ensuring remunerative prices to farmers and also a ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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