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
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.
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
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 will be issued on Monday, in what is considered a victory for Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who stoutly opposed the decision,
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, came amid strong protests by leaders of key cotton-producing states cutting across political parties, including Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, fearing an adverse impact of the ban on farmers’ earnings.
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 observed large scale illegalities in mining, which was mushrooming in the absence of government machineries.
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
New Delhi A panel 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 of top bureaucrats, comprising the secretaries of commerce, textile and agriculture, took a “unanimous view” to ban cotton exports in the year through September after meeting twice and taking a holistic view of domestic supplies in case the shipments aren’t curbed, Dhingra told in a news
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 easy monetary policy to cushion growth.
