Jammu Ford
unveils new Ford Fiesta
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, July 17: Jammu Ford
today launched its much awaited
all New Ford Fiesta in the city
of temples.
The
car was unveiled by Vinay Raina,
Sales Head Planning, Ford India
Limited, while as Sanjay
Aggarwal, Managing Director,
Jammu Ford, Pawan Kohli, general
manager and Varinder Singh, were
also present.
While
speaking, Pawan Kohli informed
that the Figo's success has been
resounding in last one year.
He
added that the Ford has announced
plans to launch eight new
products in India by middle of
the decade and Fiesta is the
first of these eight global
products.
Fiesta
as a product which will be
delivered on three key points,
intuitive technology such as
voice control, addictive driving
given features such as EPAS with
pull drift technology and cruise
control and best in class fuel
economy and low cost of
ownership, Kohli added.
He
said that this was a defining
moment for Jammu Ford and they
look forward to the people of the
State to visit their Jammu
showroom to have the glimpse of
the new car from today.
Kohli
also opened the bookings and
informed that the car will be
delivered on the first come first
serve basis.
He
added that the response was so
encouraging that many a customers
offered on spot bookings.
Mobile money
transaction will take 4 years to
catch on: Report
MUMBAI, July
17: Mobile
money transactions will require
four years to become widely
accepted by consumers globally,
according to a KPMG report.
KPMG
conducted a survey of nearly
1,000 executives from the
financial services, technology,
telecommunications and retail
sector and found that 83 per cent
expected mobile payments to be
mainstream within four years.
However,
KPMG itself is of the opinion
that the mobile money
transactions will grow at a
faster pace than what the
respondents anticipate.
"We
believe that exploding smartphone
growth and myriad opportunities
will grow mobile payments at a
much faster rate than our
respondents anticipate,"
KPMG Global Chair of the
Technology, Communication and
Entertainment, Gary Matuszak
said.
"A
wide variety of payments is ready
for adoption, as several key
players already provide or are
rolling out mobile payments, and
interest among consumers in
utilising mobile payments is
growing in line with the
industry’s readiness to
deploy them," he added.
The
mobile money transactions are
estimated to reach 350 billion
USD by 2015, and the number of
mobile users in the country is
expected to touch 900 million
from the current 500 million.
Industry experts believe that
there would be 150 million
smartphone users by 2015.
Nearly
72 per cent of the executives
said mobile payments will be
reasonably important in the
future, while 58 per cent said
they have a mobile payments
strategy in place.
"There
is a consensus on the significant
value of this opportunity among
executives across geographies and
industries, but the type and size
of opportunity varies between the
developed and developing
countries, depending on the depth
and reach of the financial
infrastructure in place,"
Matuszak said.
"We
believe that firms willing to
engage in cross-industry
partnerships, are more likely to
succeed and dominate the market
due to the complex set of
business relationships, required
to deliver mobile payments to a
mass market," he added.
The
survey noted that 81 per cent
found that convenience or
accessibility was the most
important factor in mobile
payment, while 73 per cent said
the technology should be simple
and easy to use.
About
57 per cent of respondents said
the transactions should be secure
and 43 per cent said it should be
low cost.
"Consumer
convenience and perception of
security will be the key for
adoption of mobile payments in
India," KPMG Advisory
Services Director Kunal Pande
said.
Banks,
credit card companies, telecom
operators and online service
providers are expected to benefit
from the mobile payment
transaction.
Telecom
operators favour the M-Wallet
services and nearly one-third of
the telecom providers said they
were likely to gain traction in
their region.
"Our
view is that M-Wallet is one of
the most exciting and promising
payment opportunities. M-Wallet
provides the momentum to move
beyond payments to participate in
the entire chain of mobile
commerce, from consideration and
brand awareness to purchase
after-sales loyalty and
care," KPMG Europe
Technology Sector Head Tudor Aw
said.
The
National Payments Corporation of
India provides mobile payment
option to customers in a tie-up
with more than 20 banks. Telecom
operators like Airtel, Vodafone,
Idea and hand-set maker Nokia
have partnership with banks for
M-wallet services. (PTI)
Govt moots
independent authority to curb
illegal mining
NEW DELHI,
July 17: Intensifying
its drive against large-scale
illegal mining, the government
has approved setting up an
independent sectoral regulator
vested with the power to
investigate such cases and launch
prosecution.
The
decision to set up an independent
regulator, the National Mining
Regulatory Authority (NMRA), for
the mining sector was taken by a
Group of Ministers (GoM) formed
to iron out inter-ministerial
differences on the Mines and
Minerals Development and
Regulation (MMDR Bill 2011) in
its recent meeting.
"On
the role of NMRA, it was agreed
that it would be a body to review
sectoral issues... And would have
the power to investigate and
launch prosecution against cases
of large-scale illegal
mining," the GoM headed by
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
had resolved.
The
ministerial panel also
recommended the establishment of
similar authorities by state
governments at their level to
curb illegal mining, as per an
official document.
It
said the authority, besides
keeping a close vigil on illegal
mining and reviewing sectoral
issues, will also advise the
government on policy and
strategy, including royalty
rates.
Asking
the Mines Ministry to prepare a
fresh draft of the Bill, the
panel directed it to "place
it (MMDR Bill, 2011) before the
Cabinet for approval at the
earliest, so that the Bill can be
introduced in the Monsoon session
of Parliament".
Concerned
over increasing instances of
illegal mining in 11 mineral-rich
states, the Centre has already
asked all state governments to
constitute high-level committees
to crack down on the menace.
At
present, there are not enough
legal provisions for central
intervention when illegal mining
takes place in states. The
magnitude of the problem is such
that as many as 42,000 cases of
violation were detected in the
states last year.
Earlier,
former Mines Minister B K
Handique had said that once the
authority comes into force, the
Centre would be able to terminate
the lease of miners indulging in
illegal mining in case the states
do not act against the
perpetrators. (PTI)
Waiting
period for Honda’s CB
Unicorn bike increased to 6 mths
CHENNAI,
July 17: If you are
looking to buy yourself a new
150-cc CB Unicorn motorbike, you
should keep in mind that Honda
Motorcycles and Scooters India
has increased the waiting period
for its flagship model to six
months on account of huge
demand.The company, after
entering India, introduced the
Unicorn in 2005. Built by
Honda’s R&D team in
Japan and internally called the
CBF150M, it was made to order for
Indian road conditions.
However,
after the launch of its first
edition, the company silently
revamped it with minor changes
and termed it "CB
Unicorn" to comply with Euro
III norms.
Unicorn
competes in the fiercely fought
150-cc segment, which has Pulsar
from Bajaj Auto Ltd and the
Apache 160-cc of TVS Motor
Company.
A
senior company official confirmed
that the waiting period has been
increased to six months due to
the unprecedented demand.
"We
have not stopped production. It
is well on course. We have only
increased the waiting period. It
should be available in six
months," the official said,
requesting anonymity.
After
setting up its first
manufacturing facility in Gurgaon
with capacity of 16 lakh per
annum, Honda also embarked on
increasing capacity with
escalating demand for its
products.
To
increase productivity and to
address "long waiting
periods", HMSI recently
inaugurated a new facility at
Tapukara, in Rajasthan, with an
annual capacity of 12 lakh units.
The company will invest over Rs
800 crore on the plant.
Besides
the Unicorn, the company’s
popular selling scooterette
Activa comes with a waiting
period of four to five months for
specific colours like white, gold
and metallic silver. However,
basic colours like red and black
have a waiting period of one to
two months, he said.
On
the Unicorn, the official said
the bike fitted with mono-shock
suspension, a first of-its-kind
in India, has become one of the
most sought after two-wheelers in
India.
While
the earlier version featured
spoke wheels and a kick start
option, HMSCI equipped the new
"CB Unicorn" with a BS
III engine, large logos and
electric-start option.
It
is pertinent to note that the
company’s other 150-cc
offering, the CB Unicorn Dazzler,
equipped with double disc brakes
and mono-shock absorbers, also
has a waiting period of three to
four months.
While
CB Unicorn Dazzler models in Red
and Black colour are delivered
after 30 days, customers looking
for colours like Metallic Grey
and Gold need to wait for three
months.
Despite
the demand for its products, the
company witnessed a 5.89 per cent
jump on motorcycles sales to
70,135 units in June, 2011, from
66,234 units in June, 2010. Total
sales stood at 1,48,937 units in
June, 2011, as against 1,45,973
units in the corresponding month
of the previous year. (PTI)
Donations by
Indians grew by half in last 4
years: Study
MUMBAI, July
17: Philanthropic
donations by wealthy Indians have
grown by half in the last four
years and touched approximately
5-6 billion USD, or up to 0.4 per
cent of GDP, in 2010, a study by
consulting firm Bain and Company
said.Further, the study, in which
300 wealthy individuals
participated, has found that 40
per cent of wealthy individuals
in India plan to increase their
philanthropic donations over the
next five years.
"Going
forward, as the wealthy
population grows and India’s
philanthropic network becomes
more evolved and efficient, we
will witness greater levels of
giving," India Philanthropy
Report 2011, author Arpan Sheth
told PTI here.
While,
74 per cent of the donations in
India come from the corporate
sector and foreign funds,
individual contributions
constitute only 26 per cent,
Sheth said, quoting the findings
of the report.
The
corporate donations alone have
grown five times since 2006, to
over 1.5 billion USD, he said.
When
it comes to allocation of funds,
education, food and clothing,
housing and healthcare are some
of the biggest areas where the
money is devoted, the report
added.
Sheth
said that even though the data
collected has been encouraging,
India still lags behind the
developed countries, where the
private giving as a percentage of
GDP is much higher. In the USA,
it is one of the highest at 2.2
per cent, while in the UK it
stood at 1.3 per cent in 2010.
The
report also recommends steps like
increasing accountability and
transparency throughout the
giving chain, having professional
NGOs; promotion of the culture of
giving and creation of a
conducive environment for giving
that will help boost philanthropy
in India. (PTI)
Woodland in
talks with Chinese company for
partnership
NEW DELHI,
July 17: Shoe and
apparel firm Woodland is in talks
with a China-based footwear
company for a partnership to
establish presence in Chinese
market and also for launching the
latter’s brand in India.
"Talks
are at an advanced stage with a
Chinese company to launch the
Woodland brand in China,"
Woodland Managing Director
Harkirat Singh said.
He,
however, declined to disclose
details of the plan and the name
of the Chinese company but said
an official announcement is
expected on the same in a couple
of months.
On
the nature of partnership with
the Chinese firm, he said:
"(It could be) by way of a
joint venture or any other form
of partnership. We will also
launch the brand of the Chinese
company in the Indian
market."
Woodland
has presence in China through a
distributor in Hong Kong for
products sold at the multi-brand
retail outlets.
The
company currently exports to
overseas markets such as the
Middle East, Europe and South
East Asian countries.
In
India, Woodland is expanding its
manufacturing operations, retail
presence by opening new exclusive
outlets and increasing online
sales.
The
company is investing Rs 100 crore
in this fiscal to set up a new
manufacturing unit for denim and
woven garments at Greater Noida
and open 60 more exclusive
stores.
Currently,
it operates over 300 exclusive
outlets and also sells its
products at over 400 multi-brand
stores.
It
new unit at Greater Noida being
set up with an investment of
about Rs 60-70 crore is likely to
start production in the next 3-4
months.
For
the current financial year, the
company expects 30 per cent
growth to touch a turnover of Rs
800 crore. (PTI)
Thomas urges
PM for a separate ministry for
dairy & fishery
NEW DELHI,
July 17: In a
development that may put NCP
leader and Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar at unease, Food
Minister K V Thomas has written
to the Prime Minister to create a
separate ministry for Animal
Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries to
realise the untapped potential in
these sectors.
At
present, the Department is under
the Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperation headed by Sharad
Pawar.
"I
fervently request Prime Minister
to kindly consider establishment
of a separate ministry with a
separate minister exclusively for
Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairy and Fisheries,"
Thomas, who is Minister of State
with independent charge for food
and consumer affairs, said in a
letter.
Early
this year, Thomas, a Congress MP
from Kerala, was elevated as MoS
with independent charge after
Pawar decided to give up the
portfolio of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution.
"I
have a feeling that the
Department has not so far
acquired as much development as
it should have been. ...Since the
Department is functioning under
Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperation, the pre-dominant
attention is paid only towards
agriculture, diluting the
required attention towards animal
husbandry," he pointed out.
Thomas
has special interest in fisheries
development and was a fisheries
minister in the Kerala government
in 2001.
The
minister had met Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh a couple of months
back on this issue emphasising
the need for a separate ministry
saying there was a lot of
potential in this sector with
plenty of funds and scope for
development.
In
the letter, Thomas highlighted
that animal husbandry output
constitutes over 30 per cent of
the country’s agricultural
sector. The contribution of
livestocks and fishery sector to
the total GDP has been over 6 per
cent.
Besides,
India is endowed with a high
population of livestock in the
world and also the largest
producer of milk, he added. (PTI)
For India
Inc, training must for sons,
daughters too!
NEW DELHI,
July 17: Industrialists
passing on the baton to their
children may be a common practice
in India, but the next-generation
is not getting the crown on a
platter anymore and is rather
being ‘trained’ for the
top job.
Experts
say that the succession planning
has come a long way from the
earlier days, when the children
of business heads of family-run
businesses used to be directly
appointed as CEOs or deputy-CEOs.
Nowadays,
the son or daughter of a business
head generally joins the company
run by his family at a relatively
younger age and at a lower
position and the moves up the
ladder over a period of time,
they added.
Realty
giant DLF has become the latest
major corporate to reveal that a
new next-generation member from
its founding family has joined
the group, but Rahul
Talwar—a grandson of
Chairman K P Singh - would begin
his journey as a
‘trainee’.
While
announcing a separate corporate
entity for his businesses carved
out of 190-year old RPG group,
industrialist Sanjiv Goenka was
also seen last week sitting
beside his 21- year old son
Shashwat Goenka. Sanjiv said that
his son would soon join the
business after graduating from
Wharton.
Earlier
this year, Mukesh Ambani had his
son Akash for company in London,
when Reliance Industries signed
one of its biggest business
transaction—the USD 7.2
billion deal with global energy
giant BP Plc.
The
presence of 19-year old Akash
Ambani at the occassion sparked
strong rumours about he being
groomed as the heir-apparent for
the chief of India’s most
valued company. Prior to this, he
was seen alongside mother Nita
Ambani when Mumbai Indians IPL
team was bidding for players last
year.
However,
there is no word yet from RIL
about Akash joining the group and
the group has previously said
that it has put in place a proper
framework for grooming leadership
talent and was focussing on
creating a leadership pipeline.
A
host of other companies in recent
past have, however, announced
appointment of sons and daughters
of their chiefs in various
positions within the group.
But,
the companies are not only
looking at people from the family
and the next-generation members
are also joining companies
outside their family-run
businesses, experts say.
"They
are not looking people from
within the family only. A lot of
people are looking for people
from outside only," said
Rajan Wadhawan, Executive
Director, Financial Advisory
Services at consultancy major
PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
"It
depends from group to group, like
Tatas they are ready for external
candidate as well, they are
trying to distinguish between the
ownership and the management,
they are not looking at people
who may or may not belong to the
promoter group to run the
organisation," he added.
While
Tata group has set up a search
panel to find a successor to
Ratan Tata, who is scheduled to
retire in December 2012, a sons
and daughters of chief of a host
of other companies have joined
the business in recent past.
IT
major Wipro chief Azim
Premji’s son Rishad joined
the business at a lower level
about four years ago and became
Chief Strategy Officer this year.
Azim Premji has, however, said
that his sons would have to earn
their positions.
Last
year, retail-to-telecom behemoth
Bharti group chief Sunil
Mittal’s son Shravin also
joined as a manager in a group
company, after previously having
worked outside the group.
A
host of other groups, such as
Vijay Mallya-led UB Group, Shiv
Nadar-promoted HCL, Kishore
Biyani-led Future Group, Godrej,
Piramal and TVS groups have
recently seen sons or daugthers
of their chiefs joining their
businesses.
On
the other hand, groups like
Infosys, HDFC, Axis Bank and
ICICI Bank have seen new
successors being put in place
from outside the family of their
previous chiefs, but from within
the organisation in many cases.
Wadhawan
said that more and more groups
are now focussing on getting
right candidates, irrespective of
them being from the faimily and
many companies also opening up to
the idea of bringing expat CEOs
in their globalisation drive.
"Indian
companies’ succession
planning is evolving in a
perticular way. People have
started to think about it in the
last few years, when the economy
opened up and globalisation
happened, whereas in the West it
developed much earlier.
"Besides,
the percentage of ownership in a
company in the West is much less
than in India. But now, more and
more Indian companies are doing
it in line with western
peers," he added.
HR
consultancy major Ma Fai
Randstad’s President
Staffing Aditya Narayan Mishra
agreed: "More and more
organistions are looking for
qualified talent to take over the
mantle rather than thinking about
having family members as
successors."
"It
may so happen that many
organistion find family members
to be better choices, but the
outlook for succession planning
is slowly undergoing a change in
India as well as worldover,"
he added.
Mishra
said that "earlier
perception was to keep the wealth
generated within the family... In
the 90s it was almost like given
that the successor will be from
in-house.
"In
the last decade the thinking of
the top boss of the company has
changed," he added.
PwC’s
Wadhawan also said that
"over the years Corporate
India has realised the need for
succession planning and more and
more of them are focusing on
this."
"While
passing the baton to the next
generation, they are not
necessarily looking in-house
only, they are looking at
external talent also. They have
realised that they need to
distinguish between the owners
and professional managers,"
he added. (PTI)
Power Min
plans to lure medium scale
enterprises for BoP works
NEW DELHI,
July 17: The Power
Ministry has mooted the idea of
encouraging participation of
medium-scale entities in Balance
of Plant (BoP)-related activities
amid many projects getting
delayed due to BoP issues.
Balance
of Plant (BoP) generally refers
to systems and components in a
power plant, other than main
equipment such as turbines and
boilers.
The
proposal to bring in medium scale
enterprises for BoP activities
has been mooted by Minister of
State for Power K C Venugopal.
According
to sources, the idea has been
accepted by Power Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde. The Central
Electricity Authority (CEA), the
nodal advisory body for the power
ministry, has been directed to
start groundwork for the same,
they added.
The
latest proposal comes at a time
when the Ministry expects to see
a capacity addition of over
80,000 MW during the 12th five
year plan (2012-17).
Sources
said that more than 7,000 MW of
capacity addition plans are
getting postponed due to BoP
issues.
Setting
up of coal and ash handling
units, cooling systems, power
house and bunker structural
works, are among the BoP
activities.
Non-readiness
of BoP systems as well as limited
number of such manufacturers are
found to be main factors in many
project delays.
With
ambitious targets and increasing
number of new projects, there is
a necessity to have more number
of BoP players. The presence of
more medium scale entities would
help in tackling BoP issues,
sources said.
State-run
thermal power major NTPC is
expected to place about 70
contracts, related to BoP, in the
next two years but currently
there are only about ten vendors,
who meet the requisite qualifying
criteria, they noted.
Currently,
ThyssenKrupp Industries, Tecpro
Systems and McNally Bharat
Engineering Company are among the
entities involved in BoP-related
works.
In
tune with country’s economic
growth, the power sector is
anticipated to see an investment
of USD 300-400 billion in the
12th plan.
So
far, more than 38,000 MW capacity
has been added in the 11th plan
and the same is projected to be
over 50,000 MW by the end of
March 2012. (PTI)
Infosys, TCS
top losers in m-cap last week
MUMBAI, July
17: The
combined market capitalisation
(m-cap) of five of the
country’s top-10 firms,
including blue chips like Infosys
and TCS, declined by Rs 21,987.96
crore during the last week amid a
sluggish broader market
sentiment.
Hit
by muted earnings, IT bellwether
Infosys lost Rs 14,202.34 crore
from its m-cap, which stood at Rs
1,56,782.72 crore.
Infosys’
net jumped nearly 16 per cent to
Rs 1,722 crore and its revenues
rose to Rs 7,485 crore in the
first quarter ended June 30,
2011, which according to market
experts were below street
expectations.
Shares
of the company also took a hit
and dropped by over 8 per cent to
end the week at Rs 2,730.55.
Similarly,
the country’s largest
software company TCS lost Rs
4,589.63 crore from its market
valuation which was at Rs
2,24,696.35 crore.
Despite
registering a 26.7 per cent rise
in net profit to Rs 2,415 crore
for the first quarter of 2011-12,
TCS saw dip in its m-cap. Shares
of the company also fell by 2 per
cent to end the week at Rs
1,148.05 on the BSE.
The
other major dampener from the
coveted list was telecom giant
Bharti Airtel whose m-cap
diminished by Rs 2,088.63 crore
to Rs 1,49,090.64 crore.
Power
producer NTPC’s market worth
slipped by Rs 618.41 crore to Rs
1,55,962.88 crore.
Country’s
biggest lender SBI, too, saw its
valuation dipping by Rs 488.95
crore to Rs 1,56,902.85 crore.
In
contrast, Reliance Industries,
ONGC, Coal India, ITC and ICICI
Bank saw addition in their
respective m-cap.
RIL
saw its market cap surging by Rs
6,188.09 crore to Rs 2,85,928.9
crore and state-owned ONGC’s
valuation advanced by Rs 1,668.32
crore to Rs 2,37,970.68 crore.
Coal
India also saw its m-cap swelling
by Rs 2,273.89 crore to Rs
2,30,926.12 crore and FMCG honcho
ITC added Rs 953.41 crore to its
m-cap which was at Rs 1,55,908.86
crore.
Private
sector lender ICICI Bank saw a
mild addition of Rs 11.06 crore
to its m-cap which stood at Rs
1,22,131.54 crore.
Meanwhile,
the BSE benchmark index Sensex
fell by over 296 points to end
the week at 18,561.92. (PTI)
India best
in telecom tariff regulation,low
on spectrum issues
NEW DELHI,
July 17: India’s
regulatory regime has been found
to be the best for mobile phone
tariffs but the 2G spectrum
allocation controversy has pulled
it down in a recent perception
survey of seven nations conducted
by telecom regulation and policy
study firm Lirneasia.
"In
India, the regulator does not
regulate most of the prices where
as in other countries, we
surveyed, there are regulatory
interventions," Payal Malik,
senior research fellow of
Lirneasia said.
India
scored 3.9 for mobile phone
tariffs on scale of 1 to 5. This
was followed by Pakistan with
score of 3.3 on the same scale.
Other
countries surveyed by Lirneasia
were Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Indonesia, Philippines and
Thailand.
Tariffs
was the only one of the five
points where India scored the
highest. It took beatings from
Pakistan which scored the highest
in rest of the key dimensions
vital for health of telecom
industry.
Pakistan
scored highest for having
transparent licensing condition,
allocation of spectrum,
interconnection rules,
utilisation of universal service
fund (USF) and action on
anti-competitive practices.
Despite
having a successful and
transparent 3G spectrum bidding,
India scored lowest in the
allocation of radio waves and
Pakistan scored highest.
"The
2G controversy dampened the score
so much so that a very successful
3G auction, though very delayed,
was not rewarded by the
respondents," Malik said.
The
survey also noted that world
average of base spectrum
allocated to per operator is
17.18 Mhz where as in India it is
only 6.2 Mhz.
On
USOF utilisation, survey showed
Pakistan has performed far better
than India.
"Pakistan
collects only 1.75 per cent of
adjusted gross revenue of telecom
operators for USF compared to
five per cent charged in India.
Pakistan’s USF board
consists of private players and
government. It has high
disbursement rate compared to
India where nearly USD 4.2
billion USF is unused,"
Malik said.
The
questions for survey were based
on telecom Regulatory Reference
Paper of the General Agreement on
Trade in Services (GATS). (PTI)
Cashew rises
on fresh buying support, low
stocks
NEW DELHI,
July 17: Cashew
prices rose up to Rs 30 per kg in
the national capital today,
largely driven by fresh buying by
retailers and stockists, amid
tight stocks position.
A
slow down in production and
positive cues from overseas
markets also supported the
upside.
Cashew
kernel No 180, No 210, No 240 and
No 320 rose up to Rs 30 to Rs
690-700, Rs 620-645 Rs 575-610
and Rs 520-575 per kg,
respectively.
Market
analysts said increased buying by
retailers and stockists against
tight supplies from the southern
region due to slowing production,
mainly pushed up cashew prices.
Following
are today’s quotations:
Almond
(California) Rs 10,600 Almond
(Gurbandi-new) Rs 5,200-5,500;
Almond (Girdhi) Rs 2,900-3,100;
Abjosh Afghani Rs 7,000-20,000.
Almond
Kernel (California) Rs 370-380
per kg, Almond Kernel
(Gurbandi-new) Rs 350-410 per kg.
Chilgoza
(Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 1,400-1,500
Cashew Kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs
675-685
Cashew
Kernel (no 210) Rs 605-625
Cashew
Kernel (no 240) Rs 555-580
Cashew
Kernel (no 320) Rs 505-555
Cashew
Kernel Broken 2 pieces Rs 415-495
Cashew Kernel Broken 4 pieces Rs
410-470 Cashew Kernel Broken 8
pieces Rs 360-435 Copra (qtl) Rs
7,500-7,600
Coconut
Powder (25 kg) Rs 3,000-3,700
Dry
Dates Red (qtl) Rs 3,500-7,500
Fig
Rs 7,500-15,000
Kishmish
Kandhari Local Rs 10,000-10,500
Kishmish Kandhari Special Rs
13,000-26,000 Kishmish Indian
Yellow Rs 4,000-5,200
Kishmish
Indian Green Rs 5,800-8,000
Pistachio Irani Rs 680-700
Pistachio Hairati Rs 900-920
Pistachio Peshawari Rs
1,150-1,225 Pistachio Dodi
(Roasted) 520-565 Walnut Rs
170-275 Walnut Kernel (1kg) Rs
400-700.
(PTI)
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