Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Statesman News Service KOLKATA Aug. 3: Members of Solvent Extractors Association of India claimed that despite the common notion that consumption of edible oil increases cholesterol levels, there are certain nutritional benefits in some edible oils, particularly in rice bran oil, to control cholesterol. Speaking at a seminar organised by …
Importance of food management and maintaining food security the world over has been abundantly recognized since long. India plays a very important role by its contribution in world's food production, accounts for more than 10 percent of total world's foodgrain production. The present study has been undertaken to study the …
HYDERABAD: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the Centre would import one million tonne of edible oil every month for supply to various States for sale to below poverty line families (BPL) at a subsidised price. On this count, the Centre will bear a burden of Rs.1,500 crore, allowing a …
Commentarao S.L. Rao Results first Subsidies have been the albatross around the necks of finance ministers, from Manmohan Singh in 1991 to P. Chidambaram today. These have constrained the freedom to invest in agriculture and in infrastructure, both physical and social. This has resulted in increased inequalities in sectoral growth …
Compared with all other metropolitan cities in the country, Delhi is by far the cheapest to live in, claimed Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday. Reeling off a series of figures to buttress her claim, Ms. Dikshit said while the annual rate of inflation at the national level during 2007 …
Aarti Dhar Edible oils will be sold at subsidised rates through ration shops from the next month. The announcement, made by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar during the budget session, envisages distribution of 10 lakh tonnes of imported edible oils in 2008-09 at a subsidised price of Rs.15 a kg. …
The prices of coarse rice, lentils, edible oil and some spices increased and sugar price declined in the city in a week. Market sources said poor supply from mills and the closure of the BDR-un OMS outlets instigated the fresh round of increase in rice prices. Lentil prices increased after …
A Palestinian-designed electric car drew admiring stares on Tuesday from Gazans forced to use cooking oil to power their cars because of a fuel shortage. "At first people laughed, saying it would not work, now people are begging us to convert their cars," said Fayez Amman. Working with fellow electrical …
THE government has amended rules related to public sector imports to ensure swift sourcing of essential commodities, such as rice and wheat, to rein in prices. The move would allow public sector companies to contract commodities from the global market without having to go through elaborate tendering process. The move …
The onus is on the State government to effectively introduce measure to curb the price rice, Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanasamy has said. Talking to presspersons at the Press Club here during a brief stopover on his way to Mahe, he said the groundwork …
The poor experience higher rates of inflation than the rich and bear the full brunt of the scourge as they spend the lion's share of their incomes on food and have little money left for other needs. Soaring food prices affect the poor people's welfare seriously, said a Bangladesh Bank …
IF you are expecting supply of dal, rice and edible oil through a friendly neighbourhood ration shop from May 1, as assured by the State Government earlier, you better forget it. The government will not be able to meet the pre-announced date for supply of essential commodities through the public …
Inflation continues unabated. In the last week of March it stopped at 7.14 per cent and swinging in April it reached up to 7.33 per cent. Government adopted several measures but it did not make any difference. Inflation lowered a little and again it started rising. Reserve Bank of India …
While we have been there before, things are worrying. With little that the government can do OMKAR GOSWAMI Global agricultural and food inflation has become a hot topic since I wrote about four weeks ago. Every magazine and newspaper worth the name are writing on it on a daily basis
The government told the National Assembly on Friday that agriculture sector would be provided incentives to increase indigenous production of edible oil as this was the only way to address the rising prices of ghee and cooking oil. Minister for Ports and Shipping Naveed Qamar said that cooking oil and …
The Left parties on Thursday were dissatisfied with the government's proposed measures to control inflation, saying prices of foodgrains and edible oil were still on the higher side and the burden on the common man had not eased. Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters that the …
Under attack over rising prices, the government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including Rs 15-a litre subsidy on edible oil. The Prime Minister is also contemplating calling a meeting of Chief Ministers to discuss steps to tackle the rising prices. In the Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar …
At a time when the Left parties are calling for a ban on futures trading in edible oils, Abhijit Sen, chairman of a committee on futures trading of essential commodities, says such a ban would not help in bringing down domestic prices of edible oils. "Half of our edible oil …
The government on Wednesday decided to examine the option of rejigging the customs duty regime for crude, in order to cushion consumers from the impact of high global oil prices. The move comes a day after import levies were scrapped on edible oils and forms part of an all-out effort …
Alternate fuel research has been the topic of the highest priority in the context of depletion of fossil fuels at alarming rate and increasing of pollution levels of the engines with conventional fuels. Alcohols and vegetable oils are major alternate fuels for diesel fuel as they are renewable in nature. …
