India's leading agri commodities bourse - the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange - has asked the government to permit banks to hedge at domestic commodity exchanges like international bourses.
India's leading agri commodity bourse - the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange said on Monday that its trading volumes have been hit by the ban on futures trading in pulses, wheat and rice.
India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi-Commodity Exchange - is in negotiations with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up spot exchanges in the state.
Worried over its failed procurement operations and anticipating a shortfall in production, the Centre has decided to invite tenders for import of 1 million tones of wheat.
India has launched an aggressive campaign to boost tea exports to Pakistan, Egypt, Iran and Iraq apart from traditional buyers Britain and Russia.
Trade between India and Pakistan has shown enormous buoyancy and is expected to cross $1.5 billion in 2006-07. Exports to Pakistan in April-December
India's Basmati export is bound to get a boost with the launch of an improvised version of the Pusa Basmati-1 variety.
Suicides, drought, natural calamities, slump in market...Nothing can deter the determination of farmers in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
Indian farmers are getting technology-savvy day by day. Even as the first batch of Indian mangoes reached the US shelves last week, farmers here are betting on a major initiative to trade mangoes online.
With generalised system of preferences in US coming to an end in June 30 and the American market showing little scope for growth
Kerala's already struggling plantation sector, especially cashew, spices and rubber, suffered another jolt this month with the rupee strengthening against the US dollar.
Thanks to some inexplicable reasons, rubber futures contracts are witnessing a steep fall for the past few days. This has also hit the spot marker now with prices of benchmark grade RSS 4 dropping below Rs 90 a kg to close at Rs 87 on Friday.
Ingenious farmers in Punjab have decided to hold on to their wheat till the market is ready to offer them better prices.
The proposed SEZ will have various facilities including processing centers and cold storage and other critical infrastructure facilities required for marine food exports.
Caught in an inflation mess, the Central government was hoping for a rescue act from the rain gods this monsoon. But, it seems, the rain gods may not bail out the United Progressive Alliance government from the inflation conundrum.
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Saturday that India now must gear up for agricultural exports apart from export of manufactured goods and services.
FMC chairman S Sundareshan, while delivering a lecture on 'Commodity Future in India,' strongly advocated the participation of the crucial financial sector in commodities.
Reliance Money, India's comprehensive financial services and solutions provider, has tied up with Chicago-based Alaron Trading Corporation, a global, full-service commodity futures brokerage firm.
In Uttar Pradesh, it seems, there are no takers for the government agencies as far as wheat collection is concerned.
Manufacturers could effectively lock in a sales price by going short an equivalent amount of goods with futures contracts.
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