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Narendra Modi government to stop subsidised foodgrain supply to tea garden workers: Assam government
2014-12-03 14:45:25| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Assam government on Wednesday claimed the Centre has decided to stop supply of subsidised foodgrains for tea garden workers through Food Corporation of India. Addressing a press conference here, Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Pradyut Bordoloi said, "The NDA government at the Centre has recently issued a notification informing that FCI will not be providing foodgrains, mainly rice and atta, for our lakhs of tea garden workers and their families."
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India: Narendra Modi government reconstitutes climate change panel, no member from industry
2014-11-05 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Barely three weeks before crucial negotiations in Lima, the government has reconstituted the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change, reducing its size and dropping members, including sole industry representative Ratan Tata and Centre for Science and Environment director general Sunita Narain. The 18-member council headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will, like its predecessor panel, focus on national action for assessment, adaptation and mitigation of climate change. ET had first reported...
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Narendra Modi government may revive Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change
2014-10-08 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: With the adverse impacts of climate change becoming more evident and the recent spate of extreme weather events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively considering reviving the high level advisory panel to coordinate national efforts to assess, adapt to and counter the impact of climate change. The PM's Council on Climate Change constituted by the UPA government in 2007 last met in February 2011 and limited itself to assessing the eight missions that comprised National Action Plan on Climate...
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Narendra Modi promises US CEOs a return to market reforms
2014-09-30 07:20:19| Beverages - Topix.net
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told nearly a dozen US company chiefs on Monday that he is committed to liberalizing his country's economy, which has underperformed other emerging markets recently after years of breakneck growth. Modi spoke at a breakfast with 11 chief executive officers during his first US visit since coming came to power in May, vowing to get India's economy back on track.
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What Narendra Modi's big American debut means for climate change
2014-09-27 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: Next week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to the United States since his election in May. Modi will spend two days in Washington, D.C., meeting with President Obama on a wide variety of issues -- and for a refreshing change, climate change is likely to be at the top of the agenda. The U.S.'s relations with India have suffered over the past year. The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York City and trade-related disputes have been two high-profile tiffs,...
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