Industry

 Should free trade include toxic dumping?

Many European nations have banned the free passage of toxic waste between borders, despite the common market concept.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environmental Health, Hazardous Products, Imports, Europe, Toxic Wastes
Health

 Row over rifampicin

THE STAKES are high in the rifampicin (a new anti-TB drug) sweepstakes. Lupin Laboratories presently dominates the market, which, according to the ministry of chemicals, did a business of Rs 236

Publication Date: 
14/09/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Drugs, Drug Industry, Tuberculosis, Imports, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Forests

 Plutonium ahoy

COUNTRIES on the Pacific rim have asked Japan to use an ocean route well away from land when it begins importing plutonium by sea from France later this year. These include Indonesia, Australia, New

Publication Date: 
14/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Nuclear Power, Imports, Japan
India

 Halons grow in India

WHILE the developed world gears up to phase out ozone depleting gases by AD 2000, Mafatlal's Navin Fluorine Industries has set up India's first halon-1211 manufacturing plant, in Surat.

Publication Date: 
14/06/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Montreal Protocol, Ozone Layer, Imports, India, Developing Countries
Agriculture

Future Food: Nigeria - 'Near or Far?'

Nigerian Minister for Agriculture, Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina believes it is his job to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria – and he’s determined to overcome the obstacles to Nigerian self-sufficiency in food production. He has also provoked a debate - on a globalized planet should countries like Nigeria really try to grow all their own food?

Note: A series of 6 x 25-min films exploring key questions around global food security

Tags:
Agriculture, Traditional Knowledge, Food Security, Nigeria, Imports, Farmers, Food Supply
BLOG
Climate Change
25 Jan 2013
Clouds over solar

India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally. In the first phase (2010 to 2013) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) the target was to set up 1,000-2,000 MW of grid-based solar power in the country. By 2013, the country has indeed commissioned some 1,000 MW of solar power, but 700 MW of this target comes from the non-JNNSM state of Gujarat.

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Energy

US imports challenge biodiesel industry

Already under pressure for delayed blending, the domestic biodiesel industry is facing another challenge in the form of imports from the US.
Last July, a shipment of 20,000 tonnes biodiesel from the US reached India.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biodiesel, Renewable Energy, India, Energy, United States Of America (US), Imports, Vishakhapatnam (D)
Energy

NTPC to issue tender for direct coal import soon

Country

Publication Date: 
11/02/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Energy, Imports, Coal
Energy

Deregulation: Solving diesel conundrum

As crude oil prices continue to rise, diesel price reform becomes even more essential. At stake is the longterm sustainable development of India. While the case for deregulation appears strong, diesel price control imposes many costs on our country.

The current diesel subsidy of about Rs 7 per litre costs state-run oil companies over Rs 125 crore a day.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy, Diesel, Sustainable Development, Imports, Petrochemical Industry, Fuel Pricing, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
Energy

Hurdles to power import from Nepal

New Delhi: Indian companies which have invested in hydel joint ventures in Nepal, with a total a capacity of over 6,000 mw, face uncertainties over exporting the bulk of the power to India due to several policy barriers that also restrict New Delhi

Publication Date: 
13/09/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nepal, Imports, Trade, Energy, Electricity, Hydroelectricity, India, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam

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