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| J K Lakshmi Cement plans Rs 1100 cr expansion |
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| J K Lakshmi Cement is setting up a 2.7 mn capacity greenfiel project at Chattisgarh at a cost of Rs 1100 cr due for commissioning in 2011. |
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| India processes only 2% of fruits, vegetables |
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| Sharad Pawar has asked the private sector and Government agencies to work together to remove the problems faced by the horticulture sector so as to tap its huge potential. |
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| Inflation at 7.61 % more a relief than concern: FM |
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The government will ask cement companies to “hold back prices'' and also initiate a few more measures to curb inflation, the minister said.
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| Sugarcane SMP fixed at Rs 81.18 for 2008-09 |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: The government has fixed the Statutory Minimum Price (SMP) of sugarcane at Rs 81.18 a quintal for 2008-09 sugar season, said a senior government official. |
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| Morgan Stanley launches Commodities Alpha Fund |
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| The Commodities Alpha Fund seeks to generate the returns of the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index (DJAIG) 1 and to produce incremental returns from an actively managed multi-strategy alpha engin |
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| Rice is dear to us, Mr Bush! |
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By Nirendra Dev
US President George W. Bush blaming the ‘wealthy’ lifestyle of India’s huge middle class for the spiraling global food prices endorsing his Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice views only adds insult to the injury for Indians.
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| Animals parade to protest livestock extinction |
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| Protesters gathered as several UN congresses on biological diversity will be held in the former West German capital of Bonn this month, the German agricultural website Proplanta reported. |
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| Futures ban: Montek contests Chidambaram |
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By Nirendra Dev
Speaking to Commodity Online, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia summarily rejected the idea of ban on Futures trading. |
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| Vedanta's bauxite mine a danger to tribals:Survival |
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| The allegation was made by Survival International, the group that fights on behalf of those whose cultures and human rights are threatened by the modern world, the Telegraph, UK reported. |
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| L&T's Saudi manufacturing outfit inaugurated |
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Commodity Online
DAMMAM: L&T Electricals Saudi Arabia Co Ltd (LTESA), the joint venture between Larsen and Toubro International FZE and Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, inaugurated its manufacturing facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
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| NTPC's Assam project to emit less sulphur dioxide |
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| The flue gas desulphurisation technology to control sulphur dioxide emissions was developed by public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd for the NTPC project in Assam. |
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| Govt to set up 14 more kisan call centres |
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At present, 144 call centre agents are engaged in 14 KCCs who are answering farmers’ queries in 21 local dialects. The toll free number is 1551.
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| Gur remains steady |
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NEW DELHI: Gur prices remained unchanged Monday with dull business following a fall in demand at the wholesale market here.
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| NY food co recalls 129,700 kg of tainted meat |
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| The products may be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause a rare but potentially fatal disease known as listeriosis, the agency said. |
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| US kids to eat more pork to save industry |
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| The crisis is so acute in USA that the Bush Administration is pumping US$50 million to purchase pork products to be donated for child nutrition following pressure from pork industry. |
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| Increase maize output through PPP: Mangala Rai |
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| Speaking at a national symposium at Indian Council of Agricultural Research, he said that currently, the productivity of maize in the country stands at 24 quintal per hectare. |
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| S.Korea imports GM corn amidsts protests |
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| About 57,000 metric tons of genetically modified U.S. corn arrived in South Korea the other day, marking the first time the country has imported genetically modified corn in large amounts for human consump |
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| India tops in alcohol consumption |
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Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: When it is anything related to alcohol, India has always put herself up among the top nations in both consuming and production. |
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| IMD to procure doppler radars to detect cyclone |
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This is part of the Rs 920 crore phase one plan of the department’s modernisation initiative for improving observations and forecasting facilities in the country that has already been approved by the Cabinet.
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| Make use of halal, move out of haram |
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Commodity Online
AHMEDABAD: Entry of Muslims into stock investments has been a point of debate for long worldwide. |
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