Centre issues model rules to ease tree felling on agricultural land, boost agroforestryTo boost agroforestry and double farmers' income, the Centre has introduced model rules for tree felling on agricultural land. These rules ...
28 Jun, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
Buy Somany Ceramics, target price Rs 730: HDFC SecuritiesHDFC Securities recommends buying Somany Ceramics, setting a target price of Rs 730 as its current price is Rs 403.1. The building material...
08 Apr, 2025, 08.51 AM IST
EAC-PM suggests deregulating timber cultivation; proposes measures to make India a net exporterThe Economic Advisory Council to the PM has recommended deregulating the felling and transit of high-value timber trees like Teak, Gurjan, ...
30 Sep, 2024, 04.03 PM IST
Why Europe’s upcoming deforestation law will hack India’s agri exportersFarmers and exporters would find it near-impossible to comply with the EUDR norms — and not just because the rules necessitate major change...
14 Sep, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
Exports unlikely to be impacted by EU deforestation lawThe legislation seeks to prohibit products such as palm oil, coffee, cattle, cocoa, rubber, soya, timber, printing paper and derived produc...
18 May, 2023, 12.40 AM IST
Environment ministry grants huge relief to Indian handicraft exporters ahead of CITES CoP-19 meetingThe Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday stated that any number of Dalbergia sissoo timber-based items can be expor...
21 Nov, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
China's forays into Africa's forests & illegal trade could lead to environmental disasterEarthsight, a London-based environmental NGO, earlier estimated that the annual value of worldwide rosewood smuggling exceeded a billion do...
11 Jun, 2022, 02.25 PM IST
Wooden handicraft exports to come with unique barcodesThe council will be responsible for barcoding of all wood products meant for export.
15 Mar, 2017, 02.30 PM IST
Century Plyboards to build on stronger rupee, housing demandCentury Plyboards is confident of its prospects in the year ahead on hopes that a stable rupee will knock off the heavy losses it suffered ...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.03 AM IST
- EPCH to encourage industry to curb illegal timber exports
The EUTR prohibits the placement of illegally harvested timber and timber products derived from such timber in the EU market.
10 Apr, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- Mormugao Port Trust plans to diversify to multi-commodity facility soon
In the wake of dipping iron ore exports, the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has decided to diversify itself as a multi-commodity port inviting t...
05 Apr, 2012, 04.55 PM IST
- Gibson guitars set to miss Indian notes as raids in US and Europe on Gibson's facilities continue
Strummers around the world will soon miss the popular string note - the bassy twang - that makes the famed Gibson guitars a rage.
06 Sep, 2011, 05.16 AM IST
- Budget 2011: FIEO demands nil rate of customs duty on import of waste paper, wood pulp & coal
FIEO has also suggested that import duties on timber/logs in rough and processed forms be reduced to 0% and 5%.
10 Feb, 2011, 01.24 PM IST
- Taliban funded by $800 mn gems, marbles trade
A major chunk of the whopping USD 800 million of annual illegal trade in gems, timber and marbles may be sustaining the activities of Talib...
11 May, 2009, 07.27 PM IST
- Asia's rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge: Experts
Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and record food, e...
27 Apr, 2008, 08.55 AM IST
- Myanmar's wild elephants help cut down their forest habitat
Elephants in Myanmar have long been invaluable labourers in the country's timber industry, nimbly finding their way through forests and dra...
19 Feb, 2008, 11.24 AM IST
- Kiwis trying to attract more Indian students
India is among the top four education source markets for New Zealand’s international education sector and is valued at over $60 million a y...
14 Sep, 2006, 07.52 PM IST