In report submitted to the Supreme Court The Joint Expert Committee on ‘endosulfan,' in its report submitted to the Supreme Court, has said that the manufacturers have export orders for 1,734 mt of ‘endosulfan technical' and 292.5 kl of ‘formulation,' which can be allowed for export. The court, in its order on August 8, had asked the committee, under the Indian Council of Medical Research, to address the court on four issues...

The formal notification allowing Exports of 5 million tonnes of rice and wheat under the open general licence (OGL) will not specify separate cap for cereals, but the government will monitor Exports to ensure a ceiling of 2 mt for wheat and 3 mt for rice. "We have had problems earlier with the courts on specification of quantity ceiling under OGL Exports and on specific allocation of export quantities to exporters....

-The Telegraph   The Centre tonight banned onion Exports to check rising retail prices, re-imposing the curbs only six months after it lifted them following a dip. At the same time, it lifted four-year restrictions on overseas sale of wheat and non-basmati rice to ease storage problems following record production last season. “Onion Exports have been banned with immediate effect. The ban will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis,” food minister K.V. Thomas said...

-The Business Standard   The government’s move to allow an additional 0.5 million tonnes of sugar Exports on top of one million tonnes permitted earlier is well intended. However, the total permissible Exports are still not enough to adequately slash unsustainable inventories and improve the economic health of the sugar industry so that it can clear the mounting cane price dues. Given the robust rebound in sugar production in the current season (October...

Orders Environment Impact Assessment study in the area The Supreme Court, which earlier suspended mining operations in the Bellary area, on Friday partially lifted the ban and allowed the public sector National Mineral Development Corporation to undertake mining in two leases to cater for the domestic market. The Forest Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and Swatanter Kumar, however, rejected the plea by a private miners' association that...