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, …
The 27-nation European Union has banned imports of Indian honey, alleging that consignments of the natural nectar from the country are contaminated with lead. The commerce secretary, Mr Rahul Khullar, on Friday said the government was looking at ways to resolve the issue of import ban. The ban was put …
The Madhya Pradesh government has imported 50,000 metric tonnes of coal from Indonesia to deal with its shortage which is affecting power generation in the state, official sources said. "The imported coal has reached a port in Gujarat and will reach the state shortly," Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited …
THE Union agriculture ministry will redraft the seed bill following complaints by MPs, states and farmer groups. Their main grouse is that the bill, which aims to regulate the quality of seeds, does not monitor their prices, crucial for farmers. The Seed Bill 2010 was approved by the Cabinet in …
The Pakistan government is mulling a ban on import of used electronic goods, especially computers and its accessories. Electronic goods’ dealers and importers are against such a ban saying most Pakistanis can afford only used computers. Environmental activists and academics said import of electronic goods should be regulated as many …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: In a bid to promote civil nuclear trade with other countries, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has issued new guidelines that would allow a person (or entity) in India to do nuclear commerce directly with suppliers even if there are no formal bilateral agreements for …
To overcome the food crisis due to the economic blockade called by various Naga groups, the Manipur Government will import 1000 MT of rice from Myanmar. Manipur Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) which is engaged in promotion of small-scale industries and border trade, has been asked by the State Government to …
India is all set to launch a trivalent vaccine for seasonal flu by this year-end, with major pharmaceutical companies trying to undertake its production after obtaining strains from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that are expected to surface in the country this winter.
Govt To Revisit Nutrient-Based Subsidy Ahead Of One-Yr Schedule To Force Cos To Either Pass Benefit To Farmers Or Take Subsidy Cut Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI THE Centre could make changes to the new Nutrient-based Subsidy (NBS) for fertilisers, as part of a concerted move to prune its subsidy bill …
TALCHER: The 3000 MW Talcher Super Thermal power plant at Kaniha will import over 13 lakh tonnes of coal in the current financial year to offset the shortage. This is the second largest power plant in India and a unit of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited. The plant at present …
Arnab Pratim Dutta visited Attero’s recycling unit in Roorkee, posing as a scrap dealer from Moradabad Attero, India’s recognized recycling facility for e-waste, is about 20 minutes from Roorkee. Its walls and gates are about eight feet high. A signboard warns of CCTV. The security guards have orders to prevent …
Illegally imported e-waste reaches the Seelampur market every second day, said a 35-year-old trader in Delhi’s Nehru Place market. He runs a showroom of laptops and stores secondhand computers in the basement. “I know importing waste is illegal. But as long as ships come in, so do profits. My business …
Three months ago, in March, customs officials at the Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu seized 20 containers carrying 500 tonnes of diapers, sanitary napkins, under-garments, surgical gloves—all used—along with shoe soles, broken toys, perfume bottles, aluminium foil packing material, batteries and bottles. These products, labelled waste paper consignment, were on …
The article explains the logic behind the Parikh Committee recommendation on petroleum prices. Based on considerations of who would bear what burden, the recommendations would lead to a viable and sustainable pricing policy, which would be workable over a wide range of international oil prices, which would meet the various …
INDIA has refused to remove restrictions on import of pork and poultry products imposed last year as a preventive measure against spread of bird flu despite mounting pressure from the EU and the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a recent meeting of the WTO committee on sanitary …
Defying predictions for a drawn-out battle, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species rejected a bid to ban cross-border trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, the Rolls Royce of the species, early at their meeting in Doha during the last two weeks of March.
E-waste Rules, 2010 is a very important regulation issued by Ministry of Environment & Forest as it integrates the most progressive principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. The Draft Rules, though, need to look closely at the guiding objective and formulate and mandate measures based on that. It also needs to …
