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 …
Banana grower Adhinath Barve of Junnar tehsil in Pune district is expecting to double his exports when he begins harvesting his three-acre plantation in February next year. Barve, along with 100-odd farmers of the tehsil, is associated with a campaign initiated by Shivneri Agriculture Graduates
Netherlands Takes Lead After India Threatens To Drag EU To WTO Amiti Sen NEW DELHI PHARMA exports from India are likely to be promised safe passage by the European Union after India took up the issue following seizure of two consignments while in transit through the region. The EU had …
Since the early 1990s, India has embarked on economic reforms that have progressively opened up the country to international trade. This paper analyzes the effects of reform on India
Way Out: Govt-To-Govt Imports Or Allowing State Units To Source For Welfare Needs Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI THE rice output for 2009-10 may be weaker at 82 million tonne (MT), a drop of 17 mt over record 99.15 mt output in 2008-09, according to US Department of Agriculture. Considering an …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: On a day when the commercial release of Bt Brinjal was recommended by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) denied that Pusa Basmati 1121 rice (exported to the Middle East) was genetically modified as was reported in a section of the …
Exports Fall As Scrappage Schemes In Europe Set To Lapse By Year-End EXPORTS by Indian small-car producers such as Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor have started shrinking as scrappage schemes in various European markets are set to lapse by the year-end. These big automakers saw their exports shoot up 35-40% …
In a few months, a consumer in the European Union should be able to trace an item of organic food on his table to the specific bit of farmland in India that produced it. The Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which works under the central Ministry …
The government claims that the special economic zones will bring in investment, increase exports and economic activity, and create employment. The Nokia Telecom SEZ near Chennai is often held up as a stellar success of such claims. A closer look at the figures indicates that Nokia
THIS is the variety of rice without which biryani, the royal gastronomical delight, would not feature so prominantly in the history pages on Mughal influence in India. Aromatic, long-grained, nonsticky are the words that describe it. It is the Basmati. India grows 1.6 million tonnes annually. Two-thirds is exported every …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today revised its growth forecast for India from 5 per cent for the current fiscal to 6 per cent. ADB gave an upward forecast citing increase in public spending, quicker than expected return of capital inflows, stronger industrial production, and improved business confidence as the …
Goa Barge Owners Association (GBOA) and Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA) hope to export 50 million tonnes of iron ore during 2009-10, as the mining season kicked-off on Wednesday. Overcoming several odds, GBOA and GMOEA managed to surpass last year
Indian miners lose ground to global majors. Investors in stocks of iron ore producers may need to be cautious in the light of the recent trends in exports and prices. After managing a growth in the first two quarters of 2009, exports of iron ore from the country are estimated …
Iranian Media Questions Quality Of Imported Rice; Exporters Urge Govt To Take Steps BASMATI exporters, who recently won a battle against the government over reduction of the minimum export price to $900/tonne from $1,100/tonne, are facing fresh trouble. Just days before the new season begins in October, there have been …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 09, 2009, 0:22 IST Fourteen of the 103 operating leased mines in Goa have been closed in the last one month and another 78 are facing threats of closure due to alleged violation of environmental norms. The ministry of environment and forests had earlier …
The government has lifted the ban on the export of basmati, which was imposed in April last year, with immediate effect. This would benefit about 36,000 farming families, mostly in Jammu district. Qamar Ali Akhoon, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD), announced this in the Legislative Assembly here …
Kochi, Aug. 25 Vadakkencherry Padasekhara Samithi, which is concentrating on organic paddy cultivation in Palakkad and Kuttanad, has requested the Union Agriculture Ministry to lift the blanket ban on rice exports. The Samithy
