Indian leather industry is
facing a grim future for no fault of its own. The uncertainty
is not owing to any raw material shortage or absence of demand
for finished products in the national and international markets.
The US Department of Agriculture
announced that signup for the Bioenergy Programme will begin
on September 4, 2001, and end on September 28, 2001, for fiscal
year 2002 programme payments.
The Bombay Commodity Exchange
has offered its Internet-based online transaction system to
other Indian bourses to expand commodity futures trading in
the country.
To mitigate and bring down
the dehydrating costs, Hyderabad-based Society for Energy, Environment
and Development has developed a new kind of solar dryer.
