-The Hindu Western nations have started reinterpreting the Paris deal and look to downgrade their commitments Countries in Europe led by Germany, Austria and the Netherlands are cranking up their coal plants again. Coal Exports to Europe are surging. Fossil fuels are making a comeback and countries are rejecting the European Union (EU)’s plan to reduce natural gas consumption by 15%. Dutch, Polish and other European farmers are protesting against emission cuts...
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Windfall tax on corporations goes as 5% GST on food items kicks in -Prasanna Mohanty
-Cenfa.org In continuation of its pro-corporate and anti-poor tax policy, the Centre imposes tax on the common man battling hunger and inflation while sparing corporates making windfall gains and record profits In keeping with its anti-people and pro-corporate tax policy, the Central government withdrew the windfall tax on oil Exports on July 19th – 19 days after it was imposed – with effect from July 20. This comes a day after a...
More »Why it will be hard to shrink trade deficit -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com * Price of oil and other commodities have fallen recently as fears of a recession have risen * But oil price is still high versus last year and needs to fall further to contain the import bill India’s trade deficit in June came in at the highest level ever of $26.2 billion. The previous high was in May, when the deficit had stood at $24.2 billion. The trade deficit is the difference...
More »Country's trade gap at all time high of USD 26 billion
-The Telegraph The finance ministry has warned that the current account deficit will deteriorate in 2022-23 because of costlier imports and tepid Exports on the merchandise account The country’s trade deficit touched an all-time high of $26.18 billion as imports expanded 57.88 per cent to $66.31 billion in June because of a doubling of oil imports and a spike in the inflow of coal, gold, electronic goods and chemicals. The finance ministry has...
More »Why India’s trade deficit rose to a record high in June -MG Arun
-IndiaToday.in Higher import values of crude and petroleum products, coal, coke and electronic goods have contributed to the rise India’s trade deficit—the difference between the value of its imports and exports—rose to a record $25.6 billion this June (about Rs 2 lakh crore), almost three times the figure for the same month last year ($9.61 billion, or about Rs 76,000 crore). The spike was primarily driven by the import cost of petroleum,...
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