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U.S. challenges Thailand to explain rice subsidies
June 07, 2020
The United States will challengeThailand over its rice subsidies at a World Trade Organization committee meeting next week, fearful that a government-sponsored crop could land up on the world market a ...
Next WTO head will not be European
June 07, 2020
The next head of the World Trade Organization will certainly come from somewhere other than Europe, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said . Pascal Lamy, a French national who has served two fou ...
WTO rules Ontario green energy tariff unfair
June 07, 2020
WTO appears to have upheld a complaint against the Province of Ontario’s green energy program. The complaint was made by the EU and Japan, which claim the province's "feed-in tariff& ...
India�s tough stand on Food Security in WTO gets support from UN body
June 07, 2020
Supporting India’s tough stand at WTO on the food security issue, UN body for development of agriculture IFAD has said ensuring food for its people is more important than creating jobs in certai ...
New Delhi's Hunger Games
June 07, 2020
New Delhi's Hunger Games http://swadeshionline.in/article-author/new-delhis-hunger-games Agriculture ...
L&T, BEL consortia set to get Rs 40,000-crore project
June 07, 2020
The NDA government is poised to award its first 'make' contract, in which the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will fund two Indian consortia in developing a Rs 40,000-50-000 crore 'battlefield m ...
Chaos as officials mislead, local credit keeps markets alive;
June 07, 2020
India economy has been the pride of world. It has been showcased as the only growing economy - a proud moment for Indians particularly under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That was until a week back ...
The contrasting tale of two sons-in-law
June 07, 2020
Gurunath is in police custody for an offence that is yet to be made clear and his father-in-law is fighting to save his seat as chairman of the prestigious BCCI. But Vadra still walks like the Preside ...
A threat to food security
June 07, 2020
A threat to food security S. GURUMURTHY The National Food Security Bill, a high risk venture of UPA government, is more a product of soft politics than hard economics. The Bill promises to sup ...
Success Story of KVIC
June 07, 2020
A Record year for KVIC: Rs 10193.34 Crores Turnover, 14.39 % Growth and 66.45 lakhs New Jobs The Soft Hearted Giant KVIC has now beaten the best among the consumer giants in size and proved ...
Say No To Rupee Convertibility
June 07, 2020
Government of India is proceeding step-by-step toward making the rupee fully convertible into foreign currencies. That would make it possible for Indian citizens to buy dollars for capital investment ...
Maharashtra needs to revisit the approval for GM crop field trails : Dr. Devinder Sharma
June 07, 2020
Maharashtra needs to revisit the approval for GM crop field trails : Dr. Devinder Sharma Maharashtra's nod for GM crop field trials: Problem is the falling farm incomes; and the solution being ...
Economic patriotism and techno-nationalism needed
June 07, 2020
India should pursue policies of economic patriotism and techno-nationalism, as otherwise the country will face a very bleak future, Pro Vice-chancellor of the Pacific Academy Higher Education and Rese ...
Tax Reforms to Lubricate Economy
June 07, 2020
The economy is in shambles and there is no prescription to revive it. While inflation is robbing people of their power to purchase, high taxes are rubbing salt to the injury. It is time India takes a ...
Micromanaging the Economy
June 07, 2020
The problem of our economy is that consumers are not consuming, borrowers are not borrowing, lenders are not lending and investors are not investing, explains MR Venkatesh Imagine for a moment ...
Rajan pitches for raising I-T savings limit beyond Rs 1.5L
June 07, 2020
MUMBAI: Days ahead of the Budget, Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday pitched for increasing the tax exemption limit on financial investments by individuals from Rs 1.5 lakh a year. ...
Create opportunities first
June 07, 2020
Development of capacities in an environment of shrinking opportunities acts like fuel in fire. The competition among the unemployed for the limited number of jobs becomes more intense, explains D ...
youth-unemployment-over-10-in-most-asia-pacific-nations-ilo
June 07, 2020
Economic slowdown has taken a heavy toll on jobs in most Asian nations -- including India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Indonesia -- with youth unemployment rising over 10% during 2013, Intern ...
Improve the use of tax money
June 07, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserves thumping congratulations for demonetizing notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations. This will hit hard at the fake note rackets being run by terrorists, and the ...
Amul cautions government on proposed EU-India FTA
June 07, 2020
Asks ministry to keep interests of farmers in mind during negotiations In the context of ongoing discussions between India and the European Union (EU) countries for a proposed Free TradeAgreement (FT ...
