The pepper exchange here appears
firm on going ahead with its plans to go online. Indian Pepper
and Spices Trade Association president Kishor Shamji told
The Financial Express that the association has set up a
committee to look into the exchange’s going in for online trading
and would be submitting its report very soon.
The tyre industry in the country
is set to import 25,000 tonnes natural rubber this year when
rubber growers in the country are facing hardship on account
of price decline.
India, with a foodgrain mountain
at its disposal and being among the top producers of a host
of fruits and vegetables and milk, has the potential to be the
global food factory.
