Climate policies as catalyst for green FDI
This paper assesses the role of climate policies as a catalyst of low carbon technologies deployment through foreign direct investment (FDI). Leveraging detailed cross-border project-level information,
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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Asia-Pacific trade and investment report 2012: recent trends and developments
The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report aims to deepen understanding of regional trends and developments in trade and investment; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies;
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Govt buries panel’s income cap plan for LPG subsidy
Close on the heels of the government rejecting the standing committee on finance's decision to keep 26% FDI cap in the insurance sector, fresh tension is brewing between the parliamentary panel on petroleum and natural gas and the Centre over a proposal to limit the sale of subsidised cooking gas to individuals with an annual income of less than R6 lakh. While the panel has favoured this formula to make the government's subsidy scheme more targeted, the Centre has quietly buried the proposal. If the House panel's proposal is implemented, households with any one individual earning more than R 6 lakh a year would not eligible for subsidised cooking gas and would have to buy the fuel at market prices.
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Be pioneer in organic farming: Mahant
ITANAGAR: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Dr Charan Das Mahant today asked Arunachal Pradesh to be a pioneer in organic farming in the country, considering the State’s suitable climatic condition. The minister was addressing the farmers at the valedictory function of the three-day first State-level Krishi Expo and Kishan Mela here this evening. “I appealed to the State government to organize such melas in the districts so that the farmers could reap the real benefits of such important events,” he said. Stating that there would be no dearth of funds from the Centre for supporting the farmers, Mahant informed that his ministry has been providing all support to the small and marginal farmers under various central schemes.
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PDS retailers oppose direct cash subsidy transfer by Centre
Around 40,000 fair price shops (FPS) across Odisha downed their shutters on Tuesday in protest against Central government’s plan to transfer cash subsidy directly to the FPS consumers. “In response to call given by the All India Fair Price Dealers’ Federation (AIFPDF), all the fair price shops across the state downed their shutters. The control shop owners will stage rally in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday in support of their demands,” said president of Odisha Fair Price Retailers Welfare Association (OFPSRWA), Nagendra Jena.
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“KKNPP has state-of-the-art safety features”
Asserting that “third generation plus” safety features had been incorporated in the reactors of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayanasamy on Sunday said the first 1,000 MWe reactor would start generating power by December-end. He told reporters that the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which were keen on guaranteeing the safety and security of the people living around the KKNPP site, had ensured the incorporation of state-of-the-art seven-tier safety features in the reactors.
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The state of food and agriculture 2012: investing in agriculture for a better future
This annual report of the FAO released recently says that making more and better investments in agriculture is one of the most effective ways to reduce hunger and poverty while safeguarding the environment & calls for the farmer-centred approach to investment in agriculture.
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Remittances, growth and poverty: new evidence from Asian countries
This study re-examines the effects of remittances on the growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia/Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial
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Indian healthcare and foreign direct investment: Challenges & opportunities
Healthcare is one the fastest growing service sector in India. Given the growing importance of the health care sector and the significant development of trade in health services, foreign direct investment
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Global Mining Summit, 3-4 December 2014, Kolkata, India
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the Global Mining Summit 2014: An international Conference on 3-4 December 2014 in Hotel Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India, concurrently with the 12th edition