Energy

The Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015

The Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 7, 2015. The Bill was introduced by the Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mr. Jitendra Singh. The Bill proposes to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Atomic Energy Act 1962, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, India, Parliament, Public Sector
Climate Change

Climate finance: a status report & action plan

With climate finance at the center of the climate change debate, Climate Finance: A Status Report & Action Plan (the Plan) aims to not only inform key policy makers, financial

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
R20 Regions of Climate Action
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Climate Science, Green House Gases, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Private Sector, Public Sector, India, Global
Climate Change

Adapting from the ground up: enabling small businesses in Developing Countries to adapt to climate change

Focusing on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) is critical to climate change adaptation because these businesses provide livelihoods for the world's poor, who are particularly vulnerable to climate change, according to a report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Lisa Dougherty-Choux, Pieter Terpsra, Srilata Kammila, Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Private Sector, Public Sector, Finance, Developing Countries, India
Mining

National Mineral Exploration Policy (Non-Fuel and Non-Coal Minerals): base paper

The Ministry of Mines has prepared the base paper for National Mineral Exploration Policy (Non-Fuel and Non-Coal Minerals) for enabling auction of the mineral concessions as provided under the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2015
Ministry of Mines
Tags:
Minerals, Mining Reclamation, India, Mineral - Based Industry, Public Sector, Private Sector, GDP
Climate Change

State of Forest Carbon Finance 2015: Converging at the Crossroads

Companies and governments around the world committed US$705 million in new finance in 2014 to enhance the role of forests in combating climate change, according to a report released by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, Converging at the Crossroads: State of Forest Carbon Finance in 2015.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
Allie Goldstein
Ecosystem Marketplace
Tags:
Climate Change, Forests, Carbon Offset, Private Sector, Public Sector, Finance, REDD, Emission Targets, Carbon Market
Health

Dynamic pricing model of medical services in public hospitals in China

For improving the current pricing mode of medical services, the present study seeks to explore the pricing elements and processes, and establish the dynamic pricing model of involving both the government and hospitals. The pricing process and mathematical model show the logical relationships between medical prices and pricing elements. The causal relationship model reveals how to accomplish dynamic equilibrium between elements. The simulation model has been built based on system dynamics theory.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2015
Yabin Li, Xiaohui Xing, Congdong Li
Current Science
109
8
1437-1444
Tags:
Health Care, China, Public Sector
Health

Affordable healthcare threatened! Concern for all stakeholders

The outrageous price rise of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (Pyrimethamine) has sent the United States medical fraternity into a dizzy. The price of the drug was raised from USD 13.50 to USD 750 per pill in just over a month. This obnoxious price rise of over 5,000% came after the New York-based pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals acquired the patent for the drug from Impax Laboratories. (Editorial)

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Publication Date: 
25/10/2015
Samir K. Brahmachari, Nisha Chandran
Current Science
109
8
1375-1376
Tags:
Health Care, India, Health For All, Drugs, Patents, Drug Industry, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Public Sector, Government Of India (GOI)
Climate Change

Climate finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion goal

Developed countries committed to mobilise jointly USD 100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 for climate action in developing countries.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2015
OECD
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, UNFCCC, Developing Countries, India, Global, Multilateral Development Bank (MDB), Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, Private Sector, Public Sector
Health

PIL filed by Jan Swasthaya Abhiyan in 2015 regarding handing over of 300 primary health centres to private parties, Rajasthan, 14/09/2015

PIL filed by Jan Swasthaya Abhiyan in 2015 regarding handing over of 300 primary health centres to private parties for running them according to "Run a PHC Scheme" dated 14/09/2015. This petition impugns the Rajasthan Government's cabinet decision no. 124 of 2015 by which it was decided to handover 90 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to private parties for running them according to "Run a PHC Scheme". Subsequently a further decision may have been taken by the cabinet to extend the handing over of 300 PHCs.

Judgement Date: 
14/09/2015
Tags:
Primary Health Care, Rajasthan, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Health For All, Public Sector, Private Sector
Economy

User fees and political and regulatory risks in Indian public–private partnerships

Good quality infrastructure services have to be paid for, either by the users as user charges or by the government through explicit subsidies. The recent dismantling of toll booths in the country is increasing the political and regulatory risks in public-private partnership projects, as user fees as a revenue source dry up and there is no commensurate increase in government subsidy.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2015
Kumar V Pratap
Economic and Political Weekly
50
36
24-26
Tags:
Infrastructure Development, Public Sector, Private Sector, India, Roads, Energy, Water Supply, Water Pricing, Power Industry, Subsidies

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