-The Times of India BALI: With a consensus at the World Trade Organization remaining elusive till early afternoon, India on Thursday said that it has no problems with a deal on eight of the 10 subjects on the table and would not be averse to the idea of further negotiations on the contentious food security and trade facilitation issues in Geneva if an agreement is not reached here. While there are few...
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The R&D yield -Ajay Vir Jakhar
-The Indian Express Government must step up private sector involvement in agricultural research. Why Bharat Ratna awardee C.N.R. Rao called the acts of politicians "idiotic" is for him to elaborate. Perhaps he was referring to those advocating a ban on GM research in India. After all, Rao has vehemently urged a five-fold increase in funding for research and development in agriculture. That includes research on GM crops. On the food front, we have...
More »Developing countries call for easing IPR costs of clean technologies-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu The issue of easing the costs of intellectual property resources on clean technologies takes centre stage For the developed countries it was a devil buried at the climate negotiations last year at Doha. At the Warsaw talks, the developing countries, including India, resuscitated the devil - easing the costs of intellectual property rights (IPR) on clean technologies - back to life, by demanding that a funding mechanism be set up...
More »Catch-up in industrialisation-Deepak Nayyar
-The Hindu It was the visible hand of the state rather than the invisible hand of the market that helped the developing world catch up with the industrialised countries The emerging significance of developing countries, which gathered momentum after 1980, is beginning to shift the balance of power in the world economy. It could lead to a profound transformation in the next 25 years. This unfolding reality must be situated in the...
More »Onion crisis to last 2-3 weeks: Pawar -Vishwa Mohan & Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre on Wednesday stepped in to import onion from China and Pakistan in a bid to cool down prices of the staple, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar warned that the crisis may continue for another two to three weeks. "Next two to three weeks will be tough. Ultimately, we have to find a solution. We have to import as early as possible," Pawar...
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