The Indian government would unveil a major initiative in the next 10 days to enhance the total public investment in agriculture and push the rural growth to greater levels.
A report from the World Gold Council says that rising demand for luxury goods from India and China may drive the gold prices to a new peak in the next year.
The causes are symptomatic with the UPA's failure to get going on the infrastructure front -- a key bottleneck as well as its inability to push agriculture growth, which slowed down from 6 per cent in 2005-06 to 2.7 per cent the year after.
SK Jain, who heads NPCIL and Bhavini, tells Vandana Gombar Ayyagary and Sumana Guha Ray about how NPCIL is best placed to take India's nuclear power ambitions forward.
India's exporters are looking out for Euro-dominated trade opportunities due to strengthening of rupee and pressure on profit margins, according to a survey by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
The Union ministry of consumer affairs has given the finishing touches to the policy framework to allow foreign direct investment and foreign institutional investment in India's national commodity exchanges.
The success story of coir continued this year also with the commodity registering a record export target.
A CII-Rabobank report on biodiesel development says biodiesel as an alternative source of energy holds a significant potential for India in the agriculture sector.
Steel industry will press the government for a cap on iron ore exports at 90 million tonne a year, forced by the unavailability of iron ore in the country.
The National Bulk Handling Corporation Ltd (NBHC) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bank of India to work together in the area of warehouse-based receipt financing.
Commodity futures trading is emerging as a booming investment destination. Here is how the futures market evolved in India over the years.
The Indian government is planning to make testing of seeds compulsory for private seed makers like Monsanto, Bayer and Novartis in the country.
Oilseeds production in India is going to move up. A new report says oilseeds growth in the country will be 16 per cent higher at 26.9 million tonnes during the fiscal as against 23.3 million tonnes produce in 2006-07.
The National Multi Commodity Exchange is planning to launch turmeric futures of Erode variety soon.
Cotton farmers in India are going to get a bountiful of hybrids to select from this year onwards.
The higher margins imposed on pepper in the wake of volatiluity in the commodity's prices by the Forward Markets Commission is likely to reduced soon.
The Forward Markets Commission, the apex commodity futures regulator in India, plans to collaborate with commodity organizations in other countries to strengthen its regulatory arm.
The West Bengal government is chalking out a new plan to set right the serious agricultural imbalance that the state faces.
According to various meteorological reports from different countries, a raging typhoon in the West Pacific has apportioned a part of the southwesterly flow to itself, denying the Arabian Sea required moisture to flag off the monsoon in Kerala.
In an effort to make awareness among farmers about the benefits of Futures trade in commodities, NCDEX and Forward Market Commission jointly organised an awareness programme here recently.
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