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 …
Three years after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced an ambitious plan to generate 20,000 mw of solar power by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the programme is yet to take off in a meaningful way and remains far behind target. Marred with delays, trade disputes and competition …
Targeting India’s Food Security Programme, the US has questioned its efficiency and has said that the country should spell out measures to increase the programme’s effectiveness. It has also demanded that India submit all relevant statistics and documents on the programme to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in order to …
The country’s solar power capacity is likely to go up by 1,000 MW in 2014, almost same as last year, according to a report. Solar installations in India totalled 1,004 MW in 2013 compared with 986 MW the year before. There was very little growth in installations year-on-year, said the …
Smog in Chinese cities is providing unexpected momentum for a global deal on trade in environmental goods because China urgently needs access to cheaper, cleaner energy, Denmark's trade minister said on Thursday following a visit to Beijing. China last month joined a campaign by major trading powers, including the United …
While the country’s solar sector growth has immense potential, the installations during 2014 are likely to top one giga watt (1,000 MW), just about the same number registered during 2013, according to a consultancy firm. The firm’s survey of the market revealed that growth in installations might be elusive again …
While solar cell cos support govt backing for industry, project developers favour import of cheaper cells The recent case by the US government in WTO against the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) has created rift in the Indian solar industry. While the solar cell manufacturers stand by the government’s …
The investigation will seek to analyse India's Intellectual Property Rights regime from 2003 On a strong request from American legislators and business chambers, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) has initiated an investigation on Indian trade, investment and industrial policies, for which it began a two-day hearing on Wednesday. The …
Industry says US violating norms The government on Tuesday said it hadn’t violated global trading norms under the World Trade Organization (WTO), even as the US filed a second case against India on the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). In February 2013, the US had …
Responding to the United States’ fresh challenge over local-buying provisions in India’s national solar programme, New Delhi has said that its policy was compliant with World Trade Organisation rules. “Our current policy is WTO compliant. We will participate in the discussions sought by the US,” said Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher …
THE United States Trade Representative (USTR) late on Monday said it would take India to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute resolution mechanism over the localisation thrust in India’s solar power policies, saying it could put American equipment makers at an unfair disadvantage. The USTR is the American counterpart to …
The United States plans to take India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over subsidies New Delhi gives to its solar power industry, an Indian government source said on Monday, a step that could further strain relations between the countries. At the time of going to press, US Trade Representative …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States plans to take India to the World Trade Organisation over the subsidies it gives to its solar power industry, an Indian government source said on Monday, a step that could further strain relations between the countries. There was no immediate comment from U.S. …
Does the Indian government's loud voice in international negotiations lead to results? At the recent Word Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in Bali, the Indian government went, with all guns blazing, to defend the rights of the country's farmers and to secure food security for millions of poor people. It opposed …
Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of global food availability, one of the key elements of food security. By calculating national level dietary …
India has emerged as a "voice" in climate change and trade negotiations. The already industrialised countries say that India is obstinate, strident and unnecessarily obstructionist in crucial global debates. The problem is not that India is loud - this it needs to be. The fact is that, while ecological and …
With India taking a strident position on the issue of food security and not lending immediate support to an agreement on trade facilitation, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) round in Bali for a trade deal seem to be poised precariously. India’s stand at the WTO talks spelled out by Commerce …
Bali : Ahead of the WTO ministerial conference, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma is trying to drum up support for India’s position on public stockholding and food security. Sharma has also expressed disappointment that many developed countries were paying only “lip service” to other serious concerns on trade and …
Anand Sharma rules out compromise on UPA government’s gamechanger Citing national consensus and political unanimity on food security, India on Monday took a tough line on the issue and slammed farm lobbies of developed countries a day before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Bali. Commerce and Industry …
The United Nations has supported India’s calls for change in World Trade Organisation rules to help secure right to food for developing countries without the threat of sanctions. The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has said that developing countries should be granted the freedom …
