First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Ethanol pricing report signed with dissent notes
The final report on the price of ethanol set by a committee of the Planning Commission has been signed with dissent notes from the ministries of food and oil and natural gas. "The report is qualified since most of our concerns were not being addressed and we will wait for the Cabinet to take a final call when it vets these final recommendations,&" said an official member close to the developmen
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Jatropha biodiesel: Key to attainment of sustainable rural bioenergy regime in India
<p>fiscal deficit. Diesel, the largest consumed petro-product in India is<br /> also largely used in rural areas for agricultural purposes as well as meeting other energy needs. Cheaply available kerosene is being mixed with diesel and used in place of pure diesel. This is not only causing misuse of subsidized kerosene, damage to plant and machinery using it but also
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Cheaper by the dozen
<p>Attaracted by the country's great potential and new policies, a number of turbine manufacturers-old and new-are enlivening the Indian wind market.</p>
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Wikileaks expose UPAs cash-for-votes deal
<p>A set of India-related diplomatic cables on the Indo-US nuclear deal released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, claims that an aide of Congress leader Satish Sharma had told a US diplomat that the party had paid crores to several lawmakers to ensure that they voted for the deal in Parliament.</p> <p> </p>
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3 Indian Cos in Race to Bid for Bandanna Energys Coal Assets
In a deal valued at $1.5 b, state-owned consortium ICVL, GVK,and Reliance Power have shown early interest VINU LAL & MV RAMSURYA BANGALORE/MUMBAI Three top Indian companies have joined the race to bid for the coal assets of one of Australia
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Is Nuclear Power Safer Than Other Energy?
KIRIT S PARIKH FORMER MEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION Public Perception of Risk is Unwarranted The nuclear disaster in Japan has raised grave concerns around the world about the safety of nuclear plants. But the chairman of India
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NPC monitoring data from Japan
MUMBAI: March 11, 2011, began like any other day for an official of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in the hi-tech emergency control room at the Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, its headquarters at Trombay.
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Tata Power mulls wind energy foray abroad
MumbaiTwo years after it dropped plans to set up wind power capacities in the US and Europe, the R18,854-crore (FY 2010 revenues) Tata Power is again eyeing the US, Spain, Portugal and Germany for a wind energy foray, its first outside India.
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A new slant on slopes: measuring the benefits of increased electricity access in Developing Countries
<p>The objective of this paper is to shed some light on the benefits of improved access to electricity supply, specifically the benefits referred to as "consumer‘s surplus", which is the difference between what customers are willing to pay for the utilities associated with electricity access and the price that they actually pay.
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Path to $45-Trillion Economy
If energy, reforms and governance are addressed right, the Indian economy will be the largest by 2045 Given its extraordinary demographics and the unfulfilled demand for infrastructure and consumption combined with the hopes and predictions of responsible bankers such as Citibank and Goldman Sachs, India must know her strategy to keep growing at 10% and with sub-5% inflation to be the largest eco