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, …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists have demanded that the Union Environment and Commerce Ministries take a fresh look at laws governing trade of hazardous waste and ban its import. Toxics Watch Alliance has expressed deep concern over the global toxics and health crisis and urged the Union Government to make every effort …
Hyderabad, April 25: Dwindling coal reserves are forcing industries to go for imported coal from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and China in a big way. About 50 million tonnes of coal is imported for power generation every year. This figure is expected to double by 2012 when more thermal power …
The Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday again raised the issues of shortage of electricity and coal for thermal power plants. Time and again, the State Government has raised the issues with senior Union Cabinet Ministers but to no avail. Last year, when the State Government raised the issue of poor …
The government has formally said no to import duty on power generating equipment. The decision to maintain the status quo came as a disappointment to the country
New Delhi: The power ministry has opposed a move for immediate imposition of import barriers, including slapping of upto 14% safeguards duty, on power generation equipment from China to protect domestic manufacturers such as state-run Bhel. Instead, the ministry favours introduction of such measures from April 2012, or the beginning …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 22, 2010, 0:44 IST The European Union (EU) has stopped grape imports from India saying it has found excessive chemicals in them. Around 40,000 tonnes grapes worth Rs 300 crore shipped to various European countries were halted as they exceeded the maximum residue level of …
Anxious to bridge the ever-widening gap between the rising demand for coal and its inadequate supply, the Coal Ministry today said the country would have to import 82 million tones coal to fire its blast furnaces and power turbines in 2010-11. In its quest for streamlining growth in the sector, …
South Goa Member of Parliament (MP) Francisco Sardinha has assured Goa Barge Owners Association (GBOA) and people related with mining business to pursue the recent moves of China Chamber of Commerce of Metal, Minerals and Chemical Importers (CCCMC) to ban import of low grade iron ore with the concerned Union …
INDIA will allow import of milk and dairy products from China only after its Food Safety and Standards Authority certifies that the products are safe for consumption.
Ban on imports likely from April. Alleging the presence of antibiotics and heavy metal residues in Indian honey, the European Union has threatened to ban such imports from next month, official sources told Business Line. The EU is the second largest destination for Indian honey exports after the US. The …
Confirmed to be safe for human use by the Drug Controller General of India, the first consignment of imported H1N1 vaccine manufactured by French firm Sanofi Pasteur was dispatched from Delhi to various states on Tuesday. Of the 1.5 million doses imported by the Health Ministry, about 5 lakh doses …
DVC places order; negotiations with NTPC not successful. Coal import has become critical for the power sector due to the widening demand supply gap in thermal coal. Coal India Ltd's plan to enter into thermal coal import business is yet to find many takers in the power sector. According to …
CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming. Much attention has been focused on the CO2 directly emitted by each country, but relatively little attention has been paid to the amount of emissions associated with the consumption of goods and services in each …
Customs officials have seized about 500 tonnes of hazardous waste, which arrived at Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu from Greece and Reunion Island, a territory controlled by Greece and France. The hazardous waste in 20 containers was to be received in the name of a paper factory in Sivakasi in …
Food prices in the immediate future can be controlled only through large imports. Wheat stocks are adequate but rice stocks are not. There will be a fiscal cost because global prices are above domestic prices, but this will not be above 1 per cent of central government expenditure. This may …
THE government is about to check the rampant import of food items flooding the market with a comprehensive set of rules that will trigger a recall of foods in case of contamination and issue alerts and warnings on dubious ingredients. Representatives of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, agriculture …
In order to counter spiralling pulse prices, the Union government is supplying imported yellow pea at one-third the market price of popular pulses. Six months ago, when pulse prices looked like increasing, grain traders as well as the government saw an opportunity in importing yellow peas from Canada, where it …
Calcutta, Feb. 11: India may have to import more coal in 2011-12 as domestic production could fall well short of the target. The gap between demand and domestic production is expected to increase to 81 million tonnes (mt) in 2011-12 compared with the initial projection of 51mt. Domestic production, estimated …
