Economy

 The last resort

In 1995, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) instituted the banking ombudsman: a quasi judicial authority to address banking complaints. Dissatisfied bank customers have the option of approaching this

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
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Finance, Services, India
India

 Deluge of foreign patent applications in India

Foreigners file 75 per cent of patent applications in India. Indian scientists and research organisations are also increasingly filing for patents, though mostly in the us. On the one hand, the

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Archita Bhatta
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Finance, Research, Patents, Scientists, India
Climate Change

 Climate change conference World leaders fail to act again

The 12th Conference of Parties to the UN climate convention saw the setting up of an adaptation fund to help poor countries. Ritu Gupta reports from Nairobi

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14/12/2006
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Environment Economics, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Emissions Trading, Carbon Sequestration, Finance, UN, Kenya, China, India, Developing Countries, Statistics, Climate Change
Energy

 Field work stalled after Australia stopped funding for Wollemi National Park

Funding

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
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Finance, Media, History, Australia
Solid Waste

 Sign free treaty, Indonesia told

Ministers from southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei) recently met in Indonesia's Sumatra island to discuss plans to tackle Indonesian forest fires. The

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14/11/2006
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Health Effects, Forest Fires, Finance, International Cooperation, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Industry

 Report on financial relations of developing countries and IFIs

• International finacial institutions (IFIs) are powerful. IFIs get into contractual agreements with borrowing governments and, in turn, the citizens of these countries are bound by the terms of

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14/11/2006
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Finance, Private Sector, Information, Legislation, World Bank, Developing Countries, Statistics, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
India

 Rural roads connectivity in India to get a fillip

rural roads connectivity under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (pmgsy) is set to get another boost. On September 21, the Union cabinet approved an amendment to the Central Road Fund (crf) Act,

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kirtiman Awasthi
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Rural Roads, Rural Development, Finance, Government Of India (GOI), India
India

 Rural credit system is not working

Moneylenders are their bane

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Deepak K Mishra
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Farmers, Finance, India, Maharashtra, Rural Poverty, Debt
Energy

 Hydropower back in World Bank's good books

Big hydropower projects are poised to re-enter the good books of the World Bank (wb) and the Asian Development Bank (adb). In the early 1990s, the wb had stopped funding the Sardar Sarovar Project

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Ritu Gupta
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Dams, Reservoirs, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Nuclear Power, Hydroelectricity, Carbon Sequestration, Energy, Finance, World Bank, Global
India

 Government to boost scientific research

Indian scientists may get more money to boost fundamental research. If the demands of the Union ministry of science and technology are met, funds for science and technology under the 11th five-year

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Archita Bhatta
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