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Excise waiver for biogas blending, clear policy line can unlock Rs 1 lakh cr investment: IBAThe Indian Biogas Association said the proposed excise duty waiver on biogas blended in compressed natural gas could unlock investments of ...
Trump blocks California gas car ban in dramatic climate clash with Newsom — will states lose power to fight emissions?Trump blocks California gas car ban in a major political move, stopping the state’s 2035 plan to phase out gas-powered cars. Signed on June...
Trump plan to repeal climate policy could upend shift to electric carsThe Trump administration and Republicans plan to overturn California's ban on gasoline-powered car sales by 2035 using the Congressional Re...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio widens exemption for US aid after freezeUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced exemptions in the freeze on foreign assistance, continuing funding for humanitarian items like ...
Ex-gratia to BRO's casual paid labourers: Rajnath Singh approves waiver of 179-day provisionDefence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a waiver for Border Road Organisation's (BRO) casual-paid labourers (CPLs), allowing compensation w...
El Nino threat raises fears of stress on lenders' agri booksSince 1994, India has encountered seven instances of El Nino, hurting farm production and hence resulting in higher NPAs for banks in the r...
UNCTAD calls for climate waiver, peace clause for developing nations’ trade-related green measuresMost of the developed economies like Australia, Canada, European Union, Germany, Japan, and the United States, have higher carbon dioxide e...
Kumaraswamy seeks Centre's support to farm loan waiverKumaraswamy is under intense pressure to announce the farm loan waiver that his party, the JD(S) had promised in the run-up to the assembly...
Not in favour of farm loan waiver: Government informs Parliament"The government is not in favour of loan waiver as it negatively impacts credit and recovery climate and has systematic consequences," he s...
Agriculture must attract youth, loan waivers no remedy: MS SwaminathanSwaminathan also pitched for including pulses under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to deal with the issue of deficiency of protein a...
Loan waiver: Why shift to populism, Congress style?Earlier, Modi drew praise for restraining increases in agri support prices, thus helping tame inflation. But he has now reversed gear and g...
Agricultural loan outstanding at Rs 12.6 lakh crore as of September 2016The agricultural loan outstanding stood at Rs 1.45 lakh crore with regional rural banks, Rs 1.57 lakh cr at cooperative banks and Rs 9.57 l...
After Congress, AAP goes to Punjab farmers with loan-waiver formsA Congress functionary told ET that Congress has already collected 22 lakh Kisan Mangpatras in the last 10 days from farmers in Punjab, pro...
Debt waivers inimical to repayment ethic: RBI's Deepali Pant Joshi"Debt waivers do not work. Subventions do not work. They are inimical to the repayment ethic and are deleterious to the present climate," J...
- EU not to spare Aviation from emission plan
European Union has made clear that while it would not consider putting on hold the inclusion of the aviation sector in its Emission Trading...
- US, Canada, UK welcome 'landmark' NSG waiver for India
The nuclear waiver for India by the 45-member NSG has been welcomed by key western nations, including Britain, Canada and the US.
- Sonia congratulates PM after India gets NSG waiver
Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulated PM Manmohan Singh for his conviction and commitment over the Nuclear deal.