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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global study that compiles and presents a case for the economic basis for conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. The final report of the study was released in 2010 at the Tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP-10) in Nagoya, Japan. The …
From the years 2009-10 to 2013-14 (till date), 132 cases of fraud/ illegal transaction have been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today ShriSachin Pilot, Minister of Corporate Affairs, gave details of the action taken in respect of these cases as follows: (i) In 89 …
A token budget of Rs.1 crore has been provided in the budget of Department of Commerce during 2013-14 for the following projects of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council: (i) Convention Centre at Mumbai, (ii) Gem & Jewellery Park at Mumbai, (iii) Setting up of Common Facility Centers in Gujarat, (iv) Setting up of Gem Bourse at Jaipur, (v) Technology …
The Union Government has envisaged that one of the ways forward to reduce the dependence on imports is to devise a Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy framework with CIL as one of the partners in order to increase the production of coal for supply to power producers and other consumers. Accordingly the Ministry of Coal …
The coal bearing State Governments have been advised to facilitate and expedite in obtaining the various clearances, grant of mining leases and land acquisition by the coal blocks allocattees so that coal production can be increased. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri PratikPrakashBapu Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. He said that a total of …
The first warning bell was when a certain company started advertising in the popular media exhorting one and all to invest in their lucrative “potato bonds”. The ads offered as bait too good to be true returns on investment for short periods of time and I was genuinely irked. I called a friend who owns …
A team of five students from Russia, India, Bahrain, Canada and the UK are competing to win USD1 million of funding for their social enterprise to help slums in Mumbai in the Hult Prize Global Challenge, a competition judged by former USA President Bill Clinton. The full-time MBA students from Warwick Business School are aiming to address the main …
Following is the text of the address made by the Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram during the First Business Session of ADB Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors at IEML, Greater Noida today: Mr. President, Honourable Governors and friends, It has been a year when we last met at Manila. It is …
Following is the text of the Union Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram’s Opening Address at the 46th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors’ today at IECM, Greater Noida: Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, President Nakao, Fellow Governors of the Asian Development Bank, Management and staff of member country delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. …