Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Environment and Labour Ministries express concern The ambitious National Manufacturing Policy on Thursday got in-principle approval of the high level committee headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid serious concerns by various members, including objections by the Environment and Forests and Labour Ministries over the creation of national investment manufacturing …
On the back of an impressive surge in exports during the last fiscal, the government today set an ambitious export target of $500 billion by 2013-14, more than double of $246 billion achieved in 2010-11.
Use and transportation of explosives in mining areas of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) will soon be monitored online and in adherence to guidelines provided by Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (Peso), a wing of the Union ministry of commerce and industry. With several CCL mining areas located in Naxalite pockets, …
The commerce ministry is planning to assess trade benefits accrued from the several bilateral agreements India has entered into, sources told The Indian Express. The move comes after the economic survey in February pointed out that some of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) could result in
The government today released a draft strategy paper for doubling exports to $450 billion by 2014, a move towards managing the widening trade deficit, which presently stands around $115 billion as per the estimates.
India and Japan have set a target of achieving $25 billion worth of bilateral trade by 2014 from the present $10.3 billion even as both countries have signed the much-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Cepa) that will see about 94 per cent tariff reduction in goods ranging from cars to …
Union steel minister Mr Virbhadra Singh today called for a ban on iron ore exports, saying that the country must take lessons from neighbouring China and the US for using finite natural resources judiciously. India has world's fifth-largest estimated reserves of iron ore at about 25 billion tons, of which …
Hoping to expand bilateral trade of goods and services, India and Turkey have formed a joint study group to evaluate the potential strengthening of commerce between themselves. The group, comprising of officials from the two countries that are going into the possibility of duty reduction or elimination through a free …
With focus changing from quantity to quality tea production, Tocklai Experimental Station (TES) of Tea Research Association (TRA), is in the advance stage of developing four clones.
Hrishikesh Joshi / Pune May 06, 2010, 0:50 IST A little over two weeks after European Union (EU) authorities rejected a 52,000-tonne export consignment of Indian grapes worth Rs 300 crore, the issue is yet to be resolved. The grapes are docked at various European ports, after EU authorities said …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists have demanded that the Union Environment and Commerce Ministries take a fresh look at laws governing trade of hazardous waste and ban its import. Toxics Watch Alliance has expressed deep concern over the global toxics and health crisis and urged the Union Government to make every effort …
NEW DELHI: The foreign trade policy announced last year could be amended after the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) has completed its review of individual export sectors. The review report will identify policy related problems and other hurdles and is expected in August, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma …
Ban Applicable In Special Economic Zones Too THE government on Thursday banned FDI in cigarette manufacturing, shutting the doors permanently on foreign companies such as Japan Tobacco, BAT and the Altria Group. The decision leaves the cigarette market wide open for Indian manufacturers such as ITC, which has about three-fourths …
Andhra Pradesh tobacco farmers have written to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asking her to facilitate the banning of foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. With one letter from the commerce ministry already having been presented before the Cabinet in support of the ban, the ministry has been directed to …
After the public feuding over Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is at the centre of another policy dispute with ministries of road transport and commerce for holding up critical development and industrial projects. Among the projects held up for clearance is a highway construction through Pench tiger reserve, part …
