Antony settles for minor power tariff hike
Thiruvanthapuram: As against the Rs 74-crore power tariff hike announced and rolled back five weeks ago, the hike announced on Wednesday by the AK Antony government would fetch only Rs 35 crore a month to the Kerala State Electricity Board, state power minister Kadavoor Sivadasan claimed.
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‘Mkt access must guide non-farm talks’
New Delhi: The negotiating group on market access for non-agricultural products has urged WTO member-states to submit their proposals on the modalities of negotiations soon so that substantive discussions could take place at the committee’s next meeting scheduled for next month.
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GoM suggests cut in fertiliser subsidy
New Delhi: The group of ministers on urea headed by deputy chairman of Planning Commission, KC Pant on Wednesday finalised recommendations relating to group retention pricing, energy norms and transport subsidy.
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Dumping duty on Chinese caustic soda
New Delhi: The designated authority set up in the commerce ministry to probe dumping cases has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty at $362.34 a tonne on caustic soda originating in China and at $353.4 a tonne on the product imported from Korea.
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