One important provision of the Bill is to a National Transportation Policy with a view to establish a planning framework within which transport bodies and all forms of road transport would operate.
Is Titlagarh, a small sub-divisional town in western Orissa in the drought-prone Bolangir district, heading towards a process of becoming a desert? The maximum day temperature of the town for the
European Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler said he is confident that Europe will soon agree to roll back the bulk of its farm subsidies, which have stood in the way of global trade talks.
Decrying moves by some industrialised countries to start negotiations on a possible multilateral agreement on investment at the fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial to be held in Cancun
India needed to develop a proper regulatory framework to emerge as a key player in global seed trade, said International Seed Federation (ISF) general secretary Le Buenec. He was talking to reporters
In addition to Mercusor and Egypt, India is negotiating a framework agreement for a free trade area (FTA) with Tailand which is due to be concluded by September. Negotiations are also on for a
While regional trading arrangement (RTAs) cover both goods and services, New Delhi as so far entered into such arrangements involving exchange of tariff preferences on goods only, such as the Bangkok
A study prepared by the Centre for International Trade in Agriculture and Agro based Industries (CITA) has brought to light evidences of beef products being imported into the country and openly sold
When the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) declared Halida Petro chemicals Ltd and Bakreswar Thermal Power Development Corporation (WBPDC) as joint
In order to encourage environmental management and protection in the corporate sector, TERI instituted the Corporate Environmental Awards last year. Encouraged by the response and interest shown by
President Jacques Chirac appeared once again to have cut a deal to ensure a continuing stream of money from Brussels for his pampered French farmers. On the eve of meetings to reform the EU's
