Agriculture

 Not so special

India floundering after WTO ministerial

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, WTO, Rural Development, Subsidies, NGO, Hong Kong, India, Developing Countries, Food Security
Industry

 Global patterns

More than 70 countries globally produce and export cotton. Of these, eight countries are responsible for almost 80 per cent of global output.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2006
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Cotton, Trade, Subsidies, Exports, Imports, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries
Energy

Report of the committee on pricing and taxation of petroleum products

With the declared objective of moving towards market determined prices for petroleum products, Government announced the dismantling of the Administered Pricing Mechanism (APM) effective 1.4.2002. However, it was decided to continue to subsidize PDS kerosene and domestic LPG on the ground that these were fuels of mass consumption largely consumed by

Publication Date: 
01/02/2006
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Tags:
LPG, Diesel, Petrol, Kerosene, Oil Products, Subsidies, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India, Fuel Pricing
Industry

 FCI speculates on futures trading

Brokers and traders don t want FCI to enter the grain commodity exchange

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Crops, Trade, Subsidies, Exports, Imports
India

 Bitter WTO pill

India, Brazil help the North force its way at Hong Kong

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Trade, WTO, Subsidies, Brazil, India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Water Resources

Managing water resources: policies, institutions, and technologies

Conflicts over water are a grim reality today, and this volume traces the reasons for these conflicts from the micro to the global level. The essays look at how the cumulative effect of gross negligence and mismanagement of water resources over the years have created water scarcity. They point out that the problem is not due to shortage of water, but due to the absence of proper mechanisms for its conservation, distribution, and efficient use. The essays are organized under three sub-themes--irrigation water, drinking water and sanitation, and gender and decentralization in water management.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2005
S. Mahendra Dev, V. Ratna Reddy
Oxford University Press
Tags:
Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Technology, Water Demand, Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Irrigation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Subsidies, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
India

 No concrete plans

The Centre for Science and Environment s Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The traditional wisdom was that the industry had to be a big time polluter. But what emerged was a more nuanced pictur

Publication Date: 
30/12/2005
Down to Earth
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Environment, Air Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Mining, Limestone, Water Resources, Groundwater, Waste Treatment, Hazardous Products, Occupational Health, Energy, Subsidies, Cement Industry, Awards, India, Waste Recycling, Pollution
Economy

A trade stalemate

Recent events reinforce the view that the ambitious trade liberalisation agenda that developed countries, primarily the U.S. and the E.U., have tried to realise through the WTO is a non-starter.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2005
Biswajit Dar
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), European Union (EU), WTO, Trade, Hong Kong, Agriculture, Developing Countries, Subsidies, Farmers
Environment

 In the real world

Renewable energy technologies require support

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Renewable Energy, Subsidies, Technology, United States Of America (US), Energy Policy
India

 Locating the State

In September 2004, Down To Earth carried a two part editorial on the failure of the State to deliver basic services. In the September 15, 2004 issue we argued that on the one hand, the State has failed its citizens. On the other, the rich want s

Publication Date: 
30/01/2005
Bibek Debroy
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Resources, Health, Tribals, Economic Development, Subsidies, India, Delhi

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