FMC chairman B C Khatua said differential margins were being considered as the perceived risk of hedgers and speculators was different.
Intense competition and lifting of trading ban on four agri products will help the commodity futures exchanges end 2009 with a record turnover of up to Rs 70,00,000 crore (Rs 70 trillion), up 39 per cent from last year. The total turnover was at Rs 50,33,872 crore (Rs 50.338 trillion) in 2008.
Kumudini Dakua (87)who created quite a revolution during our freedom movement, passed away at B C Roy Hospital in Haldia on Wednesday night.
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Tata Motors' plans to roll out the first of its Rs 1-lakh (Rs 100,000) small car, the Nano, from Uttarakhand, were boosted today after a high-powered state government committee under Chief Minister B C Khanduri allotted it nearly 45 acres of land to expand the Pantnagar unit.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Raman Singh was on Friday sworn in as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh for the second consecutive term. Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 56-year-old at a function at the Police Parade Ground. The function saw the presence of the top BJP leadership, including party chief Rajnath Singh and prime ministerial candidate L K Advani.
Seoul-based Green Power Company is planning to invest $200 million in Uttarakhand for setting up a plant that will make alternative petrol from the by-products collected from oil refineries.
Skipper Matthew Wade led from the front with a sparkling century as Australia A cruised to a 108-run victory over South Africa A and maintained a clean slate in the tri-series cricket tournament, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
Patre Loves Padma has lots of weak points. Other than melodious music composition by Arjun and good cinematographic work by Cine Tech Soori, this movie has nothing going for it.
The defence minister said that the expenditure has been highest in 2017-18. In the same manner, it was second highest in 2016-17 and third highest in 2015-16. The fourth highest defence expenditure since 2004-05 was in 2014-15.
India's apex Forward Markets Commission says physical delivery is essential for the transparent functioning of the commodity exchanges.
The Andhra Pradesh government has promulgated an ordinance providing four per cent reservation to 15 socially and educationally backward groups among Muslims in professional educational institutions and public employment.
A bench headed by the CJI took note of the submission of sr advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the rebel MLAs.
Commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission's new chairman B C Khatua has called for the participation of farmers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the futures market.
India is at risk of sustained food price inflation as domestic production of key staples such as wheat and edible oil fails to keep pace with rising demand, according to the country's top official on commodities trading.
The cabinet approved the auto major's demand to lower the rent from Rs 5 per sq metre to Rs 1 per sq metre.
Before Tatas decided to set up the small car plant in Gujarat there were reports that the corporate group may opt for Pantnagar in Uttrakhand -- where Tata Ace pick-up trucks are being manufactured -- to produce Nano. For the inflow of industries into the state, Khanduri credited the 10-year special package announced by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003.
With the Assembly elections slated in nine states this year, senior BJP leader L K Advani is expected to embark on a nationwide tour after the party's National Council finalises the schedule.
'Around April 1-2, both states had similar number of cases, around 300.' 'The number of deaths in Kerala were 2 and in Maharashtra around 10. But the two graphs have diverged after that.'
The vacancies earmarked will be for the posts of office assistants to Indian Administrative Service officers.
Indian futures market may have lost business worth Rs 8,00,000 crore (Rs 8,000 billion) due to ban in forward trading of eight commodities such as wheat, rice and pulses.
The B C Khanduri government seems to be in no hurry to provide concession on lease rent as well as some more land to Tata Motors at the Pantnagar industrial estate.
Two more JD(S) MLAs on Monday quit the party and resigned from assembly membership in Karnataka, dealing a severe blow to former prime minister H D Deve Gowda-led outfit which is struggling to keep its flock together since the May assembly elections.
The newly appointed chairman of the Forward Markets Commission says futures market is in for a healthy growth in India and existing powers of the apex commodities regulator can be effectively used to regulate commodity markets.
A principal in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district worked out his own "caste arithmetic", segregating students of Class IX on the basis of their caste and appointing class teachers on a similar basis, prompting authorities to remove him.
As he completed one year in office on Saturday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Major Gen (Redt) B C Khanduri has earned laurels as an able administrator. He is seen as a chief minister who has brought down the corruption level and infused a new life into the Himalayan state. Khanduri became the fourth chief minister of the 8-year-old Himalayan state (carved out of Uttar Pradesh) on March 8, 2007 after demolishing a Congress regime.
India's commodity markets regulator, the Forward Markets Commission has urged commodity exchanges to review the mechanism of spot market prices. In an interview to a leading business daily, FMC Chairman B C Khatua said the commodity exchanges should widen the sample size of the poll participants for spot market prices.
Part of Sekhar's donation will be used to finance a scholarship fund which will allow students from across Asia to study at St Andrews. The medical school is expected to start construction this summer, pending planning approval, and is due to be completed by 2010.
The Pro Kabaddi player auction netted a consolidated price of Rs 46.99 crore for 227 players selected over two days of intense bidding between 12 franchises.
It will take India at least a decade compete with the world's best, says former hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay.
India's apex commodities regulator - the Forward Markets Commission - is a hub of activity these days. The Bill amending the Forward Contracts Regulation Act is pending before the Parliament.
Voices of concern over cumin seed and pepper delivery and quality standards were aired at a meeting of traders and hedgers called by the Forward Markets Commission.
In a reiteration of its stand, Forward Markets Commission (FMC) chief B C Khatua said FMC is open to foreign participation in the market in a limited way and will talk to the Centre in this regard.
Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy alleged in the Supreme Court that the top court's order on the resignations of the rebel Congress-Janat Dal-Secular MLAs was passed without issuing a notice to the state assembly speaker.
The 10 rebel MLAs had moved apex court alleging that the Karnataka assembly speaker was not accepting their resignations.
Delhi's power problems could go for a toss if Gas Sales Agreement that GAIL (India) Limited has inked with Pragati Power Corporation Limited to supply 2 MMSCMD of R-LNG becomes operational. The peak demand for electricity in Delhi is slated to grow from the current 4100 MW to 5630 MW in 2010 as per the estimation of Central Electricity Authority.
One PIL was filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs Saroj Yadav and Chandan Verma, the second one was filed by Jitendra Kumar, a Samajwadi Party member.
The blast took place when a police team went to Thalkobad school, located between Kiriburu and Karmapara, to defuse landmines planted by naxalites, Deputy Inspector General of Police Anurag Gupta rpt Gupta told PTI.
The Forward Markets Commission will convene a meeting of 21 regional exchanges in the country to prepare a plan of action for their revitalisation, commission's chairman B C Khatua said.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri won the trust vote in the state Assembly on Wednesday.
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