Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
PSUs Flouted Norms On Non-Basmati Rice Exports During UPA-I THE government has admitted that public sector units (PSUs) did not follow a transparent procedure for nonbasmati rice exports during the UPA
The Karnataka High Court on Friday upheld the ban imposed by the state government on export of iron ore and dismissed the writ petitions fled by the 40 affected mining companies. Now, the ban will continue until further government orders. A division bench of the high court headed by Chief …
Union steel minister Mr Virbhadra Singh today called for a ban on iron ore exports, saying that the country must take lessons from neighbouring China and the US for using finite natural resources judiciously. India has world's fifth-largest estimated reserves of iron ore at about 25 billion tons, of which …
The most delectable hilsa, swore connoisseurs, were to be found in the rivers of Bangladesh. But silting and have changed that. They are moving towards the Ganga now. Read this special report by Down To Earth on hilsa's shifting homebase. Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. …
Aminul Islam looked to the sky and in an instant brought his eyes to rest on a small mound of hilsa. He picked up a silver-scaled fish, patted its underbelly that had a streak of pink running across it, and let out a cry drowning the scraping of crates, the …
At Chandpur, about 150 km south of Dhaka, Anisur Rahman has a scientific explanation for the predicament of fisher people like Samaad. Currently senior scientific officer at Bangladesh’s Fish Research Institute, Rahman explained, “In scientific parlance, the hilsa is an anadromous fish. It lives most of its lives in the …
In Bangladesh, journalist Shankarlal Das recounts that hilsa could be had for a taka some 40 years ago. “During monsoons my father would come home dangling a hilsa from both hands. Mother would then take over. The nigella seeds (kalaunji) would splutter in mustard oil, the fish make a crackling …
INDIAN government’s policy to regulate cotton exports to make it available for the domestic textile industry may affect farmers. In a decision that has cotton growers worried, the Centre on September 28 deferred cotton exports from October 1 to November 1. The registration of exports has begun and no duty …
THE loss of marine life in the Gulf of Mexico after the disastrous BP oil spill has become a business bonanza for Indian prawn and shrimp farms. Seafood exports to the US have seen an unexpected growth in the first five months of the current fiscal. Seafood shipped to the …
Devika Banerji Blame stubborn procurement policy as the root of all evil With the government sitting on heaps of foodgrain and with an acute shortage of quality storage facilities, analysts, some within the government, suggest exporting foodgrain and reviewing procurement policy. The suggestion is gaining ground among advisors and experts, …
INFLATION BEGETS INFLATION, AND THE RISE in the prices of one commodity impacts another. So, the inter-relation among prices of various commodity groups and the quantity-price interaction need to be understood. The other issue relates to the productive aspect of price rise and the non-productive aspect, also known as core …
Universally, honey is believed to be a natural product. Regulations across the world say as much. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is a global body set up jointly by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop food standards for international trade; it defines …
The journey of honey from bee farms to breakfast tables has become complex with time. From wild honey gatherers, honey supply has passed into the hands of cooperatives of individual beekeepers and then to big companies. The cooperatives could have helped beekeepers demand better prices, but they did not last …
Of late, honey is being associated with shady dealings, crime, and and a thriving illegal trade spanning the globe. One may wonder why honey, a natural product, is shipped illegally. The reasons become clear if one considers the stringent food safety regulations in Western countries and questionable beekeeping practices in …
The one kg jar of honey on Sangeeta Das’s kitchen shelf has many uses. Every morning she takes out a small quantity and puts it on the breakfast table. Her husband, Indranil, a media executive, likes a little bit of honey on his toast and the couple’s three-year-old son has …
They say you are what you eat. But do we know what we are eating? Do we know who is cooking and serving us the food we take to our kitchens and then into our bodies? The more I dig into this issue it becomes clear that our world of …
The contracts for future wheat imports are currently on hold, as global prices have significantly increased following an export ban in Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. International prices of wheat are currently hovering around $370 per tonne
Gireesh Chandra Prasad New Delhi: Amid strong protests from within, the government is planning to liberalise the import of plastic waste for recycling in special economic zones (SEZs), despite the fact that most of the recycled waste are now sold to Indian buyers instead of re-exporting them as per rules. …
