Food Policy

Indian food and welfare schemes: scope for digitization towards cash transfers

The paper presents a case for a phased rolling out of direct benefits transfer (DBT) for Food in India.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2017
Shweta Saini, Sameedh Sharma, Ashok Gulati, Siraj Hussain, Joachim von Braun
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Direct Cash Transfer, India, Food Security, Subsidies, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Air Pollution

Hidden price tags: how ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched the report "Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health" providing the first-ever comparison of fossil fuel subsidies and the costs to health associated with air pollution from fossil fuels.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2017
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Tags:
Fossil Fuels, Health Effects, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Subsidies, India, Global, Coal, Diesel, Cars, European Union (EU)
Agriculture

Telangana: Selective subsidy may hit farmers

Hyderabad: Governments across the world are trying to green their agricultural practices and make it less hazardous.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2017
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Farmers, Subsidies, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticides, Agriculture
Energy

Solarizing groundwater irrigation in India: a growing debate

India is on a path to reduce its carbon emission intensity with a major thrust on increasing the grid-connected solar photovoltaic capacity. However, the carbon footprint in agriculture is on the rise. Heavy subsidies for electricity and diesel to pump groundwater for irrigated agriculture, combined with lack of regulations on water withdrawal, are resulting in both groundwater over-exploitation and increased carbon emissions.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2017
Nitin Bassi
International Journal of Water Resources Development
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132-145
Tags:
Groundwater Irrigation, Solar Energy, India, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Subsidies, Diesel
Energy

G20 public finance for fossil fuels 'is four times more than renewables'

The G20 nations provide four times more public financing to fossil fuels than to renewable energy, a report has revealed ahead of their summit in Hamburg, where Angela Merkel has said climate chang

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Energy, Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, World Bank, COP 21 (Paris), Climate Agreements, Coal, Climate Change
Agriculture

Lost in the maize

Ask Anesi Chishiko about fertiliser, and she points to her goats and her trees. Manure and leaves are all that she folds into the earth on her family farm in Zambia.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Economist (London)
Tags:
Africa, Agriculture, Maize, Zambia, Farmers, Subsidies
Economy

Zambia economic brief: reaping richer returns from public expenditure in agriculture

Zambia’s economy has shown recovery in 2017, but stronger growth and better macroeconomic indicators have not resulted in better fiscal indicators, according to a new World Bank Economic Brief.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
The World Bank
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, Zambia, Agriculture, Africa, Subsidies, GDP, Climate Impacts
Energy

Govt to provide 50% subsidy on solar rooftop installation

The State Government offers 50 per cent subsidy for installation of solar rooftops in households and 10 per cent subsidy to industry.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Solar Energy, Energy Policy, Subsidies, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Energy
Climate Change

G20 and climate change: time to lead for a safer future

G20 and Climate Change: Time to Lead for a Safer Future, by CARE International, outlines the current G20 climate change picture and provides recommendations on key steps and agreements G20 countries need to take in 2017 and at the upcoming leader’s summit (7/8 July in Hamburg, Germany).

Publication Date: 
26/06/2017
Care International
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, Emission Targets, India, Global, Climate Impacts
Agriculture

We can't afford to lose farmers

The farmers are in trouble because the glut means that the value of the crop has gone down

Publication Date: 
19/06/2017
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh, Farmers, Public Distribution System (PDS), Groundwater, WTO, Subsidies, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

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