First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Global coal suppliers levy premium, reduce tenure
Anticipating rising demand for imported coal from the Indian power sector, overseas coal suppliers have started charging premium for assured coal supplies, besides reducing the normal tenure of long-term contracts from 10-15 years to 3-5 years. The quantum of generation capacity based on 100% imported coal is rising fast in India, with developers increasingly opting for setting up plants in coa
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Global industrial energy efficiency benchmarking
This report compiles a range of benchmark curves and indicators for energy intensive industries and products. The data presented cover approximately 55% of final manufacturing industry energy use including energy use in refineries. The analysis differentiates between ICs and DCs.
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Tough coal policy to be soft on govt firms
The government would give a special dispensation to state-owned entities such as NTPC for the development of captive blocks under a new policy to be announced within a week, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told FE in an exclusive interview. The policy on development of captive blocks will, however, be tough on private sector companies who fail to adhere to agreed time-lines for development of
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No-Go issue: Jairam, Jaiswal to sort out differences
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will meet Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Thursday
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Govt plan: fuel, farm subsidy as direct cash transfers
The government plans to provide kerosene, cooking gas and fertiliser subsidy to the poor by direct cash transfers on a pilot basis before the end of the current calendar year, 2011. For the current year, according to Budget documents, petroleum and fertiliser subsidies add up to Rs 53,000 crore. The Finance Ministry today set up a task force under Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Iden
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Patterns of rural mechanisation, Energy and employment in South Asia: Reopening the debate
<p>During the 1970s, major policy debates on the role of mechanisation in agricultural and rural development in south Asia took place; by the early 1990s, such debates had largely faded. Yet today, countries such as Bangladesh possess some of the most productive, mechanised and labour-intensive agricultural industries in south Asia.
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Effects of soil conditions on cost of low head SHP schemes
<p>Energy is the engine of growth of any developing economy. Consumption of electrical energy is universally accepted indicator of progress in the agriculturall, industrial and commercial sectors, as also of the well being of the people of the nation.
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Seed monopolists increasingly gaining market control
<p>This research examines how patent applications and the granting of patents developed at the European Patent Office in 2010. It also examines how the EPO has dealt with other applications for patents on conventionally bred plants following the decision on the broccoli patent. The report shows a steadily increasing number of patent applications and patents granted at the Patent Office.
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Indian nuclear plants are safe: scientists
MUMBAI: Stressing that Indian atomic power plants were constantly upgraded to match current levels of safety requirements and were safe, scientists on Monday said that the events in Japan cannot slow down the country's nuclear energy programme in any way.
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Green nods see major decline in last 3 years
286 projects representing almost every state await clearance THE number of green clearances granted by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has seen a significant decline over the last three years,with most of the brunt being borne by the non-coal mining projects. Development projects covering irrigation, power, mining and infrastructure have been hit as it has become more difficult