For Nestle India, 'go for cow' is the new slogan. Even though the country concentrates on buffalo milk, Nestle is now consciously encouraging milk farmers to shift from buffalo to cow milk.
Indian mangoes are all set to be shipped to the American market in the next few days after the United States decided to allow import of the delicious fruit.
Cotton production in India is expected to rise to a record 4.7 million tones while the world cotton production is forecast at 25.2 million tonne for 2007-08.
The Indian rupee is going to get the futures contract soon. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange will list a futures contract on the Indian rupee in mid-June.
Pressure is on India to eliminate duties on sectors like auto, pharma, chemicals, electronics, gems and jewellery for giving developed nations real market access.
Unlike the general futures contracts, a buyer/seller of the Binary Event Futures takes a 'yes' or a 'no' position
Silencing all rumours and speculations on its future, the total commodity futures trading volume in the last financial year showed an increase of 70 per cent to Rs 37 lakh crore (Rs 37 trillion).
According to Rubber Board officials, Tripura is well poised to emerge as the next natural rubber capital of India after Kerala.
The exports have shown a fall of 6% during the first 11 months of fiscal 2006-07.
With France and Belgium setting its eyes on the red fruit from this small region, farmers in Mahabaleshwar have decided to double the cultivation this year to 3,000 acres from the present 1,500 acres.
Your morning cup of tea might become clean, soon. The Tea Board has asked tea packeters and blenders to stop adding hazardous colours to tea.
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Sources said the acquisition might be one of the biggest deals till date in the domestic shipbuilding industry. A comparable new shipyard would have cost Rs 200-250 crore.
According to an IFPRI press release, the Union Government and HarvestPlus have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct research on increasing the level of essential vitamins and minerals, or micronutrients in crops critical to poor people.
Indian mangoes are all set to tickle the taste buds of Americans with the Bush administration clearing the way for exports to the US this harvest season, which would give farmers here access to the global market.
Emboldened by the Kannan Devan success story in Kerala, Tata Tea Ltd said the company does not see any hurdle in the participation of its employees and workers of Assam and West Bengal
The government decision to extend the period for duty-free wheat imports till December 31 is unlikely to help private players as international prices are too high.
India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi-Commodity Exchange Commodity of India - has led the commodity futures boom in India in the last year with a market share of 72.4 per cent.
Gold prices are set for another jump before the Easter holidays
The European Union's push to introduce new capital requirements for banks through the Basel-II (Revised international capital framework) pact may hit specialist commodity traders, such as large oil companies.
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