The “Strategy paper on Coal Import Substitution” has been prepared as a report of the IMC (Inter-Ministerial Committee). The paper focusses on the present energy mix of the country, domestic coal production, trends and projections, import trends (sector-wise), coal import substitution measures already taken by the Government and most importantly, …
Panaji: The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) hopes to be able to accommodate capesize vessels at three berths to handle a wide variety of cargo, including coal, over the next four years. On December 28, the Vasco-based port will float a request for quotations for the dredging of the approach channel. …
The Philippine government said it will challenge a ban on GMO imports ordered by the country's top court, after the ruling rattled global markets this week over the threat of disruption to millions of tonnes of soybean meal shipments. Last week, the Supreme Court struck down a 2002 government regulation …
In this paper we investigate how structural patterns of international trade give rise to emissions inequalities across countries, and how such inequality in turn impact countries’ mortality rates. We employ Multi-regional Input-Output analysis to distinguish between sulfur-dioxide (SO2) emissions produced within a country’s boarders (production-based emissions) and emissions triggered by …
This article mainly focuses on the approval process of drug import and export from India. Now a day’s foreign pharmaceutical companies have a better legal foundation for releasing new drugs in India. The Indian medical regulatory system has become more complicated, and new drugs can take a year or more …
Environment Ministry's expert panel, EAC, has suggested use of imported coal with higher ash content of up to 25 per cent, as against 12 per cent now, to help domestic thermal power plants use higher grade coal and bring down the cost of generation. The recommendation comes against the backdrop …
The Indian Solar Manufacturers’ Association has revived its demand for safeguard and anti-dumping duties on imported solar cells and modules. The association, a body of companies that produce cells and modules, sent a formal petition to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on September 18, it is reliably learnt. …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore Vs M/S. G. M. Exports & Others dated 23/09/2015 regarding anti-dumping duty. The question of law which arises in the instant appeals is whether anti-dumping duty imposed with respect to imports made during the period …
Pulses are an indispensable part of the Indian diet, but ever increasing prices are making them unaffordable for the poor. The persistent gap between demand and supply of pulses is only expected to widen if domestic production levels are not raised substantially through necessary policy measures.
As illegal poaching escalates in national parks from Selous to Ruaha, officials attempt to silence the crisis and many fear Serengeti herds will be next For tour guides in Tanzania, the results of a continental elephant census showing that the country had lost two-thirds of its herd in five years …
About 63% of the total imports of solar power panels have been from China during the first two months of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Thursday. As many as 1.90 crore solar power panels were imported from China out of the total imports of 3.02 crore panels in …
Wants US to withdraw case against domestic content requirement at WTO Are India and the US headed for a face-off at the multi-lateral body, World Trade Organisation? Seems so, as the on-going dispute between the two on rules guiding India’s solar power generation programme have got more bitter. New Delhi …
Gaborone — The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has partnered with Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in an effort to raise awareness on issues of imports and exports. This was revealed during the launching of the initiative funded to the tune of US$218 000. The bio-security project is aimed at developing …
India is the still by and large vegetarian in dietary habit and heavily depends upon vegetative source to meet out its daily protein requirement. India is bound to be global leader in terms of production and consumer of pulses. Since, India is leading importer of pulses, production of pulse/ legume …
India's policy-makers have three big energy goals: providing everyone with access to energy, securing energy supply and trying to limit carbon emissions without encumbering the nation's growth. These important concerns miss the point.
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The chances of shock food price rises in import-dependent states are rising as the world's population grows and nations become more reliant on global markets, researchers said in a study published on Tuesday. Countries dependent on food imports, and states where rising populations are putting …
The international prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories will offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday. Worldwide cereal production will likely decline by 1.5 percent from last year's record-breaking …
The document measures the success of biotech cotton by featuring a comprehensive overview of the adoption, impact, progress and future of biotech cotton in the country. It presents a synopsis of the 13 years of adoption and impact of Bt cotton since its first commercial release in 2002.
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a new law allowing individual EU countries to restrict or prohibit imported genetically modified crops even after they have been approved for use in food and feed by the bloc as a whole. The proposal risks upsetting trading partners, particularly the United States, which …
A slowing economy and tougher environmental checks to curb chronic air pollution problems are behind the 42% drop in imports China’s coal imports fell by nearly half in the first three months of the year as the slowing economy and tougher rules on pollution took their toll. Imports by the …
Many countries have banned the import of vegetables from India The Delhi High Court today asked the government to suggest measures to regulate the huge inflow of pesticide-laced vegetables, fruits and other edible items from neighbhouring states to the national Capital. A Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice …
