Energy

 Nicaragua to nationalize oil imports

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has called on his cabinet to devise a plan for nationalizing oil imports. The move follows a series of clashes between the government and Exxon Mobil subsidiary

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Trade, Energy Policy, Energy, Oil, Imports, Nicaragua, Venezuela
Energy

 China bulb duties extended in Europe

The European Commission on October 15 approved a one-year extension of anti-dumping duties on imports of energy-saving light bulbs from China, despite protests from environmentalists, leading bulb

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
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Trade, Energy Policy, Energy, Imports, China, Philippines, Vietnam, European Union (EU)
Industry

 The China affair: what it means to us

A journalist recently called me to check if I thought that India had the same food consumer product record as China. He wanted to know if we face the problems that are plaguing Chinese exports of

Publication Date: 
14/09/2007
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Food Standards, Food Process Industry, Trade, Consumption Patterns, Exports, Imports, Industry, China, India, Developing Countries, Toxic Wastes
Industry

 Pricing food in poor India

The government is being severely criticised for the wheat it is now planning to import. Rightly so. India s season for wheat ended a few months ago. When the crop was being harvested the

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Wheat, Food Policy, Food Prices, Trade, Farmers, Subsidies, Imports, Industry, Government Of India (GOI), India
India

 Mumbai produces highest e waste

Mumbai is India's leading generator of e-waste, says the latest study by Toxics Link, an NGO dealing with toxic issues in India. The study Mumbai

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
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Pollution, Health Effects, Trade, Imports, Electronics Industry, NGO, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Waste Recycling, Toxic Wastes
Industry

 Agriculture: Don't fix is the government's fix

It can be said that Union budget, 2007, is high on symbolism and intent. Most people in and close to power acknowledge that something is spoiling booming India s party price rise, agricultural

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Wheat, Legumes, Food Policy, Food Prices, Water Management, Trade, Economy, Farmers, Rural Development, Economic Development, Finance, Subsidies, Exports, Imports, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Industry, India
Transport

 Fuel inefficient India heading towards energy crisis

Energy insecurity is India s latest tryst with her post liberalised destiny. It began in July 2006. Crude oil prices rose to all time peak, at US $79 a barrel. In India, retail prices of petrol and diesel rose, respectively, 59.6 per cent and 78.8 per cen

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Anumita Roychowdhury
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Environment Economics, Vehicular Pollution, Petrol, Trade, Energy Policy, Transport, Automobiles, Cars, Oil, Imports, Auto Industry, India, Statistics, Diesel
Energy

Key world energy statistics 2007

Key World Energy Statistics contains timely, clearly-presented data on the supply, transformation and consumption of all major energy sources.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
OECD
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Coal, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, Oil Products, Exports, Imports, Global, Statistics
Environment

 SOUTH ASIA

Environmental court: Pakistan's Sindh High Court has recently directed the ministry of environment to establish environment tribunals, as required by the Pakistan Environment Protection Act, 1997,

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
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Environment, Marine Fisheries, Trade, Finance, Imports, NGO, Pakistan, Netherlands, India, Poultry
India

 Centre eases quarantine norms for wheat imports

food and environmental safety in the country has been stoked with the centre's decision to ease the quarantine norms for 5.5 million tonnes of imported wheat. The first tender for this was released

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sourav Mishra
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Pesticides, Weeds, Wheat, Food Policy, Food Prices, Food Standards, Food Adulteration, Trade, Imports, Legislation, India, Statistics

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