Soon, farmers in India will be equipped to check out the futures prices of commodities in their villages.
Gujarat is facing an acute shortage of skilled labour in the apparel manufacturing sector and at a time when most textiles manufacturing firms are coming up with their own garment facilities, the shortage is likely to become acute in the future.
Abhijit Sen committee, appointed by the government to look into the impact of futures trading on farm commodity prices, has got an extension of two months.
Exporters of commodities from India are facing a strange situation now.
India plans to launch electronic auction of spices by July this year as part of efforts by the Spices Board to make the country a global hub for processing and marketing of spices.
American wheat may find its way to India again following an Indian government delegation's visit to the US to sort out differences in quality control.
HCL Infosystems Ltd, an information-enabling company, plans to set up three more career development centres in Gujarat.
Red chillies are not at all hot these days if the dwindling price of the commodity is of any indication.
The India Meteorological Department's forecast of early monsoon has come as a respite for the Central government, which has been drawing flak from all corners for its failure to rein in inflation.
Vanilla seems to be the flavour of the season, if you go by the claims made by Vanilla India Producers Company recently.
Organic aquaculture is all set to spread its wings in India. As a right step in this direction, the country will soon become the first in the world to produce certified organic scampi.
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project has been found technically possible but its economic viability will depend on the price at which Tehran sells the fuel, said Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dinsha Patel.
Nearly six months after New Delhi and Beijing signed a protocol to facilitate the export of Indian basmati rice to China, rice exporters are here in an upbeat mood.
Following news of bird flu outbreak in a poultry farm in West Bengal's Darjeeling, Bhutan is mulling a ban on import of chicken meat and eggs from India.
India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar admitted in the Parliament that the procurement of wheat is slow, and time-consuming.
Ban on US rice by the European Union and Cuba is turning out to be detrimental for the American rice sector as the commodity may found it tough to get buyers now.
A number of sugar companies in India are awaiting government approval for loans from the Sugar Development Fund to set up co-generation power units or ethanol plants.
Reliance Industries Limited has chalked out a novel scheme to compensate and rehabilitate the displaced people from Special Economic Zone areas the company is developing.
Anticipating a major shortage of professionals in Futures trading in the coming years, the Multi Commodity Exchange has decided to train 10,000 personnel in the sector this financial year.
With the consolidation process in the ISP industry happening all around, it is giving an impetus to players to move into the latest operations in Internet technology business.
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