WTO

Promote Indian drugs, US health groups urge Obama

Leading US health groups including AVAC, Oxfam America, amfAR, Health Global Access Project (GAP), TAG (Treatment Action Group)and others have written to Barack Obama urging him to support India in

Publication Date:

27/01/2015

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

United States Of America (US), India, Drugs, Health Care, Global, Drug Industry, WTO

Agriculture

India appeals to WTO panel over import of US agr products

India has appealed to the Dispute Settlement Board of the World Trade Organisation for a panel decision on its issues with the US over agricultural imports.

Publication Date:

27/01/2015

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Trade, WTO, Agriculture, Imports, Avian Flu, United States Of America (US)

Climate Change

Climate is Right for Indo-US Green pact to Come Through

Mandatory domestic manufacturing component for clean energy high on agenda

Publication Date:

23/01/2015

Author(s): Urmi Goswami

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, India, United States Of America (US), Renewable Energy, WTO, China, Climate Agreements

Health

Delhi HC asks Cipla to stop sale of respiratory drug

Court favours Novartis, but allows Cipla to sell the remaining stock

Publication Date:

13/01/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Drug Industry, Respiratory Diseases, Drugs, High Court, WTO, Health

Food Policy

Food security in India: The imperative and its challenges

This article addresses the imperative of food security in India in the context of persistent prevalence of malnutrition despite several years of rapid growth. In particular, the article posits that the recent promulgation of the National Food Security Act in September 2014 to meet this challenge also offers an opportunity to reconfigure its food distribution system and agricultural trade policy. These two issues pose the greatest and most immediate challenges for India.

Publication Date:

12/01/2015

Author(s): Sudha Narayanan

Source: Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies

Vol:

2

Issue:

1

pp:

197–209

Tags:

Food Security, India, WTO, Agriculture, Subsidies, Malnutrition, Food Policy, Food Supply, Trade, Imports, Corruption

Animal Care

India to Challenge WTO Order on US Poultry

India banned imports on account of avian influenza, which WTO called 'unscientific'

Publication Date:

02/01/2015

Author(s): Madhvi Sally, Dilasha Seth

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Poultry, India, Influenza, Animal Diseases, Birds, WTO, United States Of America (US), Animal Care

Agriculture

Providing intellectual property protection to farmers’ varieties in India under the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001

India is the first country to provide substantial rights to farmers and registration of their varieties for IPR under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act. Obviously, in the initial years the filing of applications was slow and inconsistent, and it was restricted to few crop species.

Publication Date:

01/01/2015

Author(s): R R Hanchinal

Source: Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

Vol:

20

Issue:

1

pp:

7-18

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, India, Legislation, Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, Plant Breeding, Crop Biodiversity

Climate Change

No climate deal expected during Obama’s visit: U.S. official

While Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday reiterated that there was no role for any external review of targets that each country set for itself to cut carbon emissions,

Publication Date:

12/12/2014

Author(s): Meena Menon

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Carbon Dioxide, Emission Targets, Peru, India, UNFCCC, Developing Countries, WTO, Climate Mitigation

Food Policy