The commerce ministry has decided to seek consultations with the US under the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO on the countervailing duty (CVD) measures imposed by the Obama administrati

NEW DELHI, 11 JUNE: The government today withdrew the ban on exports of skimmed milk powder (SMP) to improve finances of dairy firms and help milk producers.

New Delhi The food ministry will seek approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for offering subsidy on wheat exports to ease storage in choked warehouses, and approach the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to allocate additional grains through ration shops.

“It was felt that since offering subsidy on exports from the government reserves is a larger and more sensitive issue, which also involves funds, the proposal should go to the CCEA even though the EGoM on food is headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee,”

Since May 25, windmills have contributed 31 to 34 per cent of the total power consumed in the State every day.

Tamil Nadu has nearly 7,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity and peak generation from these windmills has remained above 3,200 MW for the last 12 days. According to data available on the website of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation, on May 25, of the total 227.296 million units of energy consumed in the State, 75.002 million units were contributed by wind energy.

New Delhi India has offered key incentives to exporters to tap the growing demand for clean energy equipment and non-polluting electric vehicles in overseas market, which would help it overcome the rising trade deficit.

The commerce ministry has identified a total of 16 green products including solar power equipment for export promotion after a mid-term review of its 2009-14 foreign trade policy. The list also includes equipment like windmills, bio-mass gassifier, waste boiler as well as electric vehicles.

The showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Orissa is set to take off by October this year with the state government and the South Korean company moving ahead to remove two major irritants that h

India is set to emerge as the world's leading beef exporter this year, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service has forecast.