This report summarizes the findings of a review aimed at understanding emerging approaches to energy subsidy reform, discerning trends, and identifying major strands of thinking and research in the field, as reflected in major policy and academic journals relevant to the subject. The review was initiated in early 2020 as …
Govt fails to pay subsidy to PSEB The Punjab government has failed to comply with the directive of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) to pay subsidy on account of free power to agricultural pump sets in instalments in advance at the beginning of each quarter. The commission in …
Chief Of WTO Negotiating Group On Rules To Call A Series Of Meetings Starting Early September Sheila Mathrani GENEVA THE chairman of the WTO negotiating group on rules, ambassador Guillermo Vallo Galmes of Uruguay, has faxed members that as soon as the modalities in agriculture and Nama are achieved, he …
NEW DELHI: The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has hoped that the ongoing G8 Summit in Japan would address the issue of biofuel policies, including subsidy that was contributing to the rising food prices, which could push an additional 100 million people into poverty. Talking to journalists here on …
Advocating the removal of subsidies on non-renewable fuels like kerosene, chairman of the Nobel-prize winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change R K Pachauri on Tuesday urged the Government to invest this money in promoting clean and alternative sources of energy. Citing the example of kerosene, Pachauri said the huge subsidy …
The Tea Board of India has decided to extend financial help in the form of subsidies to self-help groups (SHG) of small growers to encourage the formation of these clusters. The highest ceiling of such assistance has been fixed at Rs 5 lakh for each SHG, which must have at …
D RAVI KANTH Geneva, 3 July India yesterday cautioned that its stand on finalising the Doha Development Agenda modalities on agriculture and non-agricultural market access (Na-ma) at the ministerial meeting, starting July 21, will crucially depend on whether New Delhi secures adequate response to its core demands in services, fishery …
Pakistan's government plans to phase out politically-sensitive fuel subsidies during the new financial year that starts on Tuesday as it tries to bring a ballooning budget deficit under control, according to senior Pakistani officials. The government spent $2.4bn during the fiscal year that ended on Monday to subsidise domestic fuel …
As global prices escalate, Argentina plans to quintuple production of soyabean diesel by 2010. It will dramatically change agriculture and the environment.
The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this important event that went to show that the UN had all good intentions. The good intentions unfortunately did not translate into good policy decisions that …
The final press conference of the meet was postponed by an hour and a half because there were disagreements on the final document to be read by DG Diouf. According to fao sources, the dispute was to do with biofuels and the liberalization of agricultural trade. The delay did not …
This paper estimates and compares the paid-out cost of cultivation of wheat in India, the most state-protected crop, during the input subsidy regime of the 1970s and 1980s and after its abolition in the 1990s, when economic reforms were initiated. The study uses the valuable time series information collected as …
CABINET DECISIONS DAP has been brought on a par with imports for calculating concessions. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a new concession scheme for phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers that would reduce subsidy bill by Rs 1,163 crore, besides providing incentives to the industry to increase …
AREAS OF CONCERNS: Seeks Discussions On Fishery Subsidies, Bio-Piracy Amiti Sen NEW DELHI INDIA is determined to have a say in the agenda for the mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled on July 21. It has decided to oppose the move of a few developed countries, backed …
Joe C Mathew With the Union Cabinet expected to consider a new pricing policy for phosphatic fertilisers tomorrow, the three-month long uncertainty of the fertiliser companies over the maximum possible farm gate prices of phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers may come to an end. Unlike other regulated sectors, price approval …
Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod to the proposal of NTPC to set up a 4,000 mw power plant in Lalitpur district of the state. The state government would hold 30% equity in the plant and 75% of power generated would be used in Uttar Pradesh, Cabinet secretary Shashank …
Aarti Dhar Edible oils will be sold at subsidised rates through ration shops from the next month. The announcement, made by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar during the budget session, envisages distribution of 10 lakh tonnes of imported edible oils in 2008-09 at a subsidised price of Rs.15 a kg. …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Faced with the constant pressure of rising crude oil prices in the international market that touched $140 a barrel on Monday, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have proposed to the Petroleum Ministry that the supply of subsidised diesel to commercial users, including hospitals, hotels, shopping malls and …
India has asked the US to cut farm subsidies by just one dollar and New Delhi will come on board for a deal on the Doha Round of trade talks which has dragged for seven years. "My offer to the US is that they should reduce their subsidy by just …
