Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
NEW DELHI: The Justice M B Shah Commission looking into illegal mining in Goa submitted its report to the central government on Thursday. The report is believed to have placed substantial blame on the state government for its failure to prevent illegal mining and rampant export of iron ore abroad. …
Gazprom, the world’s largest natural-gas exporter, is struggling to get a foothold in the Asian markets leading global economic growth. The Russian company’s plan to supply liquefied natural gas to India from 2016, the year the US is set to start gas exports, is faltering after buyers said they’re looking …
New Delhi Economic growth is likely to pick up pace in the fiscal year that starts on April 1 and could grow 7.6 percent, a finance ministry report (Economic Survey 2011-12) said on Thursday. Economic growth faltered to a three-year low of 6.1 percent in the December quarter and the …
Committee fears more textile mills, importing nations may switch to polyester India’s recent flipflop over a ban on cotton exports has created uncertainty in the market, according to countries that produce, trade and consume the item. The twin development could, in the long term, encourage more textile mills around the …
The United States, Japan and European Union plan to bring a new trade case against China over its export restrictions on rare earth minerals used in a variety of high-tech and clean energy products, senior administration officials said on Monday. They were responding to a published report by the Associated …
The Indian government announced its intention to partially repeal a recent ban on the export of cotton on Monday, just one week after originally enacting the measure.
Allows outbound shipment of only those consignments that have already been registered Maintaining that ballooning cotton exports were used for stockpiling abroad, the commerce ministry today gave a partial relief to exporters by allowing outbound shipment of only those consignments that were already registered, and, only after revalidation of certificates. …
New Delhi: Bowing to political pressure, the government on Monday opened the window for cotton exports for 10 days but decided against registering fresh consignments for shipments outside the country. A notification issued by the directorate general of foreign trade, which reversed the order issued last Monday, has, however, mandated …
With opposition mounting, the government has decided to lift the cotton export ban imposed last week. “Keeping in view the facts, the interests of farmers, interest of the industry, trade, a balanced view has been considered by the group of ministers (GoM) to roll back the ban,” Commerce, Industry and …
Notification today; GoM will work out riders Allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance have again forced the Manmohan Singh government to take a step back, this time over the ban on cotton exports. The government has now announced that a new notification revoking the ban imposed on March 5 …
New Delhi A day after agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said he was kept in the dark about the ban on cotton exports, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday directed a group of ministers to “urgently review” the controversial decision. Singh’s directive, made public by a statement on his office website, …
PANJIM: Trouble seems to be far from over for state Congress Party, as Justice M B Shah Commission is preparing to submit its crucial report on illegal mining in Goa. The commission in September 2011 had begun its investigation into illegal mining which lasted for over a month. It had …
NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry said on Friday it would allow cotton cleared by customs before March 4 to be exported, easing a controversial blanket ban the world's second largest producer had imposed this week and which had fired international prices. India unexpectedly banned exports on Monday to ensure adequate …
New Delhi Apanel of ministers will on March 9 review the ban on cotton exports, textile secretary Kiran Dhingra said on Tuesday, after agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said he was kept in the dark about the decision and sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to lift the restriction. A committee …
Sydney High oil prices are fast replacing Europe as the biggest danger to growth in Asia, threatening to smother consumer demand while taking a knife to exports and reigniting inflation. Brent crude topping $128 a barrel is also a headache for central banks as it makes it harder to use …
Iran is keen to explore the possibility of exporting electricity to energy-hungry India after the much-touted tri-nation gas pipeline project with New Delhi slid into limbo. Iran's energy minister Majid Namjou said Iran might well export electricity to India instead of gas. Namjou said that India is one of the …
India announced the immediate prohibition of cotton exports on Monday. The move from the world's second largest cotton exporter caused a stir in market prices and surprised political officials. A group of the country's ministers is expected to review the decision later this week.
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has entered into an agreement with the Malaysia-based international body INFOFISH for the development and marketing of freshwater fish in India. Post-harvest technology and value addition have not yet received much attention in the domestic freshwater aquaculture sector. The effort to transfer technology …
India started exporting a small amount of honey in 1991-1992 and has now established itself as an important honey exporter to the world market. The quantity exported has increased substantially, and today India exports honey to 62 countries, including Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. This …
This study quantifies and maps the water footprint (WF) of humanity at a high spatial resolution. It reports on consumptive use of rainwater (green WF) and ground and surface water (blue WF) and volumes of water polluted (gray WF). Water footprints are estimated per nation from both a production and …
