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 …
Centre to take up iron ore export curbs issue soon. Iron ore, the world's second-largest commodity market by value after crude oil, is central to any economy as it forms part of the production process of almost everything that requires steel. Santanu Sanyal Kolkata, July 21 The Union Cabinet is …
NEW DELHI: Expressing shock at Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa rejecting demands for the removal from the Ministry of the Reddy brothers of Bellary, the Left parties on Monday demanded they step down, a CBI probe be ordered into illegal mining and that the Centre stop iron ore export. The …
UNION law ministry has proposed sweeping powers for the Centre to act against illegal mining. In its suggestions to the group of ministers, the law ministry has said the power to confiscate the property and earnings from illegal mining should be vested with the Centre. Presently, state governments have the …
Tea Board of India (TBI) is all set to introduce an exclusive Assam logo in the line of ISI mark to ensure that only quality Assam CTC tea enter the export market. The Assam logo would be introduced to put in place stringent quality mechanism system for the export market …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today said more than 1.42 crore tonne iron ore was exported during 200910 from the State. In a written reply to a question from Santosh Singh Saluja (Cong), Mohanty said besides the exported quantity, over 4.8 crore tonne iron ore was dispatched …
New Delhi: The steel ministry on Monday called for a complete ban on iron ore export, saying the mineral is a non-renewable resource like coal and petroleum products, and should be preserved.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today revised the growth forecast for India made in April 2010 by about 75 basis points to 9.5 per cent for calendar year 2010. The Fund, however, retained its forecast for 2011 at 8.5 per cent. Robust corporate profits and favourable financing conditions would fuel …
THE government plans to track each medicine exported out of the country using new technologies to prevent drugs from being duplicated and protect local exporters from allegations of supplying counterfeit drugs. The commerce ministry has asked Pharmexcil, a body of Indian drug exporters set up by the commerce & industry …
Unbridled exports lead to loss of natural resources Illegal mining persisted across country Seeking the Prime Minister's intervention to curb illegal mining, the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B. S. Yeddyurappa, has called for a ban on export of iron ore on Saturday. Mr Yeddyurappa has urged Dr Manmohan Singh to …
Bangalore: The BJP government has started singing a new tune in the wake of increasing opposition to the illegal mining controversy. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa told the assembly on Friday that he will request Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call a meeting of CMs for evolving a political consensus …
Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday ruled out imposing a ban on export of minerals. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of diamond jubilee celebrations of KASSIA, he said export of minerals cannot be banned, but it can be regulated. Moily
In this new report ISAAA critically analyzes adoption and impact of Bt cotton in India from 2002-2009 at the national and farm-level taking into account 11 independent studies conducted by public institutions. Is the first volume in new
The world was caught in a severe economic crisis, which primarily originated from the U.S. in early 2007. Over the past two years, the crisis has virtually spread to the entire world causing an extreme credit crunch. The agricultural sector has also felt the heat of the meltdown, but there …
ADB has upgraded its 2010 growth forecast for the 14 economies of emerging East Asia to an aggregate 8.1 percent from the 7.7 percent projected in the former Asian Development Outlook 2010, published in April.
Securing enough food to meet the needs of a growing global population requires managing the complex interplay between farming at home and trade with others. Andrea Wolverton, Anita Regmi and Ann Tutwiler look into challenges of political economy that undernourishment presents and how donors, such as the US, may be …
To supplement developmental activities in Naxal-hit areas, the Central government is all set to invoke the provision of the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996. This will enable it to directly intervene in tribal regions (Schedule V areas) directing states to grant complete rights to tribals over the …
Vishwanath Kulkarni The Ministry of Mines is of the opinion that the steel industry should develop technology to utilise the iron-ore fines before seeking a curb on the iron ore exports. The Steel Ministry, seeking to protect the interest of the domestic steel mills, has time and again demanded a …
We have a regulator - the Indian Bureau of Mines, which is modernising its strategies to deal with illegal mining.. Vishwanath Kulkarni The mining sector has been in the news for issues such as illegal mining and the growing demand for ban on iron exports among others. The Mines Ministry …
