Growth in Asia and the Pacific outperformed expectations in late 2023, reaching 5.0 percent for the year. Inflation has continued to decline, albeit at varying speeds: some economies are still seeing sustained price pressures, while others are facing deflationary risks.In 2024, growth is projected to slow modestly to 4.5 percent. …
First-ever state of-the-art wastage to energy power plant will be set up at Rachna industrial park on Lahore Sheikhupura Road. The park will have its own 5 to 25 megawatt power plant, which would produce energy from waste for the industries. This was stated by Mohsin Syed Regional Director of …
A government plan for greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 would push down Japan's economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and raise unemployment by 0.2 percentage points in 2020, a government panel report showed on Wednesday. Japan, the world's fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, set in June its 2020 climate target, which …
ENERGY plays an important role in accelerating economic growth inasmuch as it serves as an important element in providing food, shelter, healthcare facilities, safe water, sanitation, education and access to jobs to either an individual or group or the whole community. Sustainable human development, which means economic growth through equitable …
Government is actively contemplating to strengthen the Integreted Paste Management (IPM) program aiming to impose control on the indiscriminate use of pesticides and chemicals at different stages of food chain, Food and Disaster management Minister, Dr Md Abdur Razzak said on Sunday. Expressing concern over the health hazards due to …
BJP State President and Member of Parliament Narendra Singh Tomar expressed concern over the depleting investment in agriculture and said that contribution of agriculture in national gross domestic product (GDP) was 17 per cent. Plan expenses on agriculture has come done to two to three per cent. In the year …
Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it would invest 5.4 trillion won ($4.30 billion) in green R&D; and facilities to make the world's largest memory chipmaker a leading eco-friendly company by 2013. Of the total, 3.1 trillion won will be spent to develop co-friendly products, and the remainder on energy-saving …
G8 leaders were due to agree a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels at a summit in Italy on Wednesday. Here are some facts about the target, previously adopted by European Union nations and due to be widened to the United States, …
Budgetary Support Likely To Rise Incrementally & As Share Of GDP Subhash Narayan & Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI HERE are some likely Budget numbers: the exchequer
In many spheres, technologies that can affect major savings are already at hand. The Integrated Energy Policy prepared by the Planning Commission estimates that India can generate negawatts
Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets, slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, Brazil's top climate negotiator said in an interview. Jose Miguez, who heads Brazil's Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change, said Brazil is not yet proposing targets for emissions …
India is now spending over 2.6 percent of its gross domestic product to adapt to climate change, says the country's annual Economic Survey, tabled in parliament Thursday by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The effect of climate change on "agriculture, water resources, health and sanitation, forests, coastal-zone infrastructure and extreme events" …
Dr Muhammad Rashid, Director General Agricultural (Research) asked agricultural scientists to develop new technology to increase water-use efficiency. He stated this while addressing a seminar on Research Activities and the Achievements of the Agronomic Research Institute, Faisalabad. He said that water was the most precious resource, so it should be …
The levying of carbon surcharge on POL products at fixed rates was the decision of the government of Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) did not ask for its imposition as conditionality under the Stand-by Arrangement (SBA). This was stated by, Country Representative of IMF for Pakistan, Paul Ross …
The World Bank on Monday estimated economic growth in developing countries of 1.2 percent this year, and said that without China and India, output would shrink 1.6 percent. Amid the worst global financial and economic crisis in seven decades, the multilateral institution eight days ago lowered its outlook on global …
Greater Dhaka has been a major engine of growth and prosperity in Bangladesh, representing more than 40% of Bangladesh's national GDP. This rapidly growing city of 12 million inhabitants has also emerged as a major hub for over 7000 small and medium scale industries. Yet, Dhaka's sustainability is increasingly under …
Punjab has to use available water resources more productively under the motto 'more crop per drop', as the productivity of water used in agriculture has declined in the past three decades while it would not be easy to increase its supply through physical means. This has been claimed in the …
Experts of International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday said Bangladesh would not face any major crisis due to global recession in terms of job cut and GDP growth although the world is facing economic challenges due to global meltdown. But they suggested that the country create jobs domestically for its …
The recent health indicators for child and mental health mortality in Pakistan reveal that the country falls far below international standards, which require instant and careful consideration for effective long term planning, says a report by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC). Around 0.4 …
