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Fight for Potash may affect India’s fertiliser import bill

Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI AUSTRALIA’S BHP Billiton’s bid to acquire Canada’s Potash Corp by may have serious implications for India, the world’s biggest patash importer. The deal could upset the two big existing potash price cartels worldwide and give way to aggressive pricing, pushing up India’s import bill.

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30/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
News

Chief minister bans import of sugarcane from other states

Maharashtra on Sunday banned the import of sugarcane from other states to tackle 30% surplus production of the crop. The decision was arrived at following a high-level meeting chaired by chief minister (CM) Ashok Chavan, which included deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal, Nabard chairman Umesh Sarangi, cooperation minister Harshvardhan Patil and agriculture minister Balabaheb Thorat.

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23/08/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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India vows to fight liberal import of used goods

NEW DELHI: India has opposed suggestion by some developed countries for more liberal trade in remanufactured goods or refurbished old products fearing it could harm the country’s domestic industry and also have environmental ramifications.

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16/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
News

Feasibility study on radiation processing in food units


Meeting held on applications of radiation on marine products

Tuticorin: Tuticorin is making big strides with hectic industrial activities and pioneering in power plant projects. The district has become the preferred destination for food processing industries thanks to the logistic support of Tuticorin Port in export and import.

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09/08/2010
Hindu (Chennai)
News

A green ban

05/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
News

Fuel position for indigenous N-power plants comfortable: DAE

There is progressive improvement in uranium fuel position for operating indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with gradual increasing in production from indigenous uranium mills besides the imported fuel, department of Atomic Energy sources said.

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19/07/2010
Statesman (New Delhi)
News

Power sector freed from security curbs on equipment imports

‘Restrictions Relating To Telecom Sector Not relevant For Power’ Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI IN A major relief to domestic power companies importing Chinese equipment, a high-level committee has said that securityrelated restrictions for importing telecom equipment will not apply to the power sector.

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13/07/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Feature Articles

WTO environmental goods talks focus on climate

The WTO’s negotiations to open up trade in environmental goods and services saw solid progress, according to sources with knowledge of the 30 June and 1 July special session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE-SS).

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Jul 2010
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest 14 25
Reports and Documents

Bt cotton in India: a country profile

In this new report ISAAA critically analyzes adoption and impact of Bt cotton in India from 2002-2009 at the national and farm-level taking into account 11 independent studies conducted by public institutions. Is the first volume in new “biotech crop profiles series”.

Jul 2010
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Reports and Documents

Asia Economic Monitor 2010

ADB has upgraded its 2010 growth forecast for the 14 economies of emerging East Asia to an aggregate 8.1 percent from the 7.7 percent projected in the former Asian Development Outlook 2010, published in April.

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Jul 2010
Asian Development Bank

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