This report identifies options that negotiators and policy-makers could pursue in order to reach a permanent solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the problems some developing countries say they face when buying food at government-set (or government-administered) prices under their public stockholding programs for food security purposes. The …
India has dragged the US to the WTO over America's domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight states in the renewable energy sector. "India has requested consultations with the US under the dispute settlement system regarding alleged domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight US states in the …
The appellate body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is expected to give its verdict on an appeal by India in its solar mission dispute with the US by September, a senior government official said. India had in April appealed against a WTO panel’s ruling that the country’s power purchase …
Data released by the government suggests that the average size of Indian solar cell and module manufacturing unit is just about 86 MW and 69 MW respectively per annum. In comparison, module production capacity of Trina Solar, a Chinese manufacturer is expected to surpass 6 gigawatt by the end of …
India plans to use bilateral meetings to target the issue of subsidies that the US gives to its own solar programmes, as New Delhi seeks to overcome the setback at the WTO where it lost a case to Washington over the solar mission's local content rules. India sees contradiction in …
In the concluding part of a two-part series, Business Standard looks at the bright spots of the green energy sector as well as the looming threats Beyond the headlines that the renewable energy sector made since the National Democratic Alliance came to power, there are lofty targets to be met …
Stung by the February 2016 judgement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that India’s rules over use of domestically manufactured solar power equipment violate international trade rules, the government of India is planning to file counter cases against the US. India’s Minister for New and Renewable Energy has announced intent …
Despite the sector’s efforts to inch closer to grid parity, disruptive bidding games, a negative WTO panel ruling and a dependency on land availability and evacuation facilities for success puts investments in jeopardy. In November 2015, SunEdison — the US-based solar developer — created quite a stir in the Indian …
China has voiced support for India's decision to file an appeal against a recent WTO ruling which held the government's power purchase agreements with solar firms as "inconsistent" with international norms. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said it was "unfortunate" that such a ruling had been given by WTO when India …
Charging the Western nations with adopting double standards in their approach to climate change, Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged them to "show some magnanimity" and keep renewable energy out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) framework. "My concern is that there is a lot of gap in …
Vanderbilt University Professor says raising a formal dispute with the US might be useful India can achieve greater success in its solar dispute with the US at the World Trade Organisation, according to Vanderbilt University Law School Professor Timothy Meyer. India needs to focus on its arguments or future measures …
The budgetary proposal to double the coal cess will make solar power more competitive by increasing the cost of the dry fuel, a report by Mercom Capital Group today said, adding increased cost may pass on to consumers in the form of higher electricity bills. "The Clean Environment Cess previously …
Nagpur: Even after Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change has put the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) mustard, Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 or DMH-11 developed by Delhi University's (DU) former vice-chancellor Deepak Pental on hold for a few months, more skeletons continue …
India and the US have engaged multiple times to settle the long-running solar power trade dispute through mutually agreed solution at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Parliament was informed today. The US last year filed a dispute in the WTO on India's domestic content requirement in the procurement of solar …
India hopes to reach a mutual understanding with the US on the contentious issue of domestic sourcing conditions in New Delhi’s solar energy programme by February 24, when the third extension given by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to both to settle the matter expires. Failing a settlement or another …
With the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, the United States farm subsidies had moved towards income support, reducing spending on price support measures. The explicit reason was that the WTO had held that the latter forms were more market distorting and had thus put limits on their …
New Delhi:India has thrown the ball in US court as they inch towards settling a three year-old WTO dispute over domestic content requirement in New Delhi's solar power plan as both sides look for ways to avoid spoiling the current bonhomie in bilateral tiesthathas grown withthe personal chemistry between PM …
NEW DELHI: Domestic solar manufacturers are alarmed over a proposal the government has sent to the World Trade Organization, seeking compromise in the dispute over the domestic content requirement in India's solar programme, prompting some firms to put their expansion on hold. "We wanted to double manufacturing capacity from 500 …
Countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to abolish subsidies on farming exports. Developed countries agreed to stop the subsidies immediately and developing nations must follow by the end of 2018. The WTO, which represents 162 countries, called it "the most significant outcome on agriculture" since the body's …
With just a week for the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting to commence in Nairobi, talks remain deadlocked with no end in sight for India's demand to find a permanent solution to its food security problem. While the G-33, a developing country grouping including India, is insisting that a …
Despite the reservations of developed countries, India will pitch for the conclusion of the Doha Round, permanent solution to the food security issue and protection to farmers from sudden surge in imports in the meeting of the WTO at Nairobi later this month, commerce secretary Rita Teaotia said on Thursday. …
