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TopicCarbon tax

Topic: carbon tax

‘Reeks of double standards’—Economic Survey on EU’s new climate rules that will hit exports

2 regulations effective soon will impact roughly $9.5 billion, or 13% of India’s total exports to the 27-member bloc. ES says these are more ‘trade protection’ than climate concern.

Carbon markets won’t work in India. There’s one alternative to explore

A lax carbon market will be flooded with cheap credits that do little to reduce emissions. Too strict a system and companies may resist participation.

As India grapples with EU carbon tax, renewables could help cut heavy industries’ emissions quickly

The sector can decarbonise its entire electricity demand by 2030 with 120 GW of renewable energy. With this, the carbon emissions of sector will be reduced by 17%, finds think tank Ember.

India’s exports to be hit by EU tax on high-carbon goods, says finance ministry

Reporting of carbon content in exports to the EU would begin on 1 October, 2023, and the main goods affected would be steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen.

EU will tackle India’s concerns over tax proposed on import of high-carbon goods, officials say

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The European Union has assured New Delhi it will hold two-way talks to tackle its concerns over tariffs proposed on imports of high-carbon goods such as steel and

Here’s all you need to know about EU’s carbon border tax and what it means for trade

For far too long, trade and environment regimes have evolved in parallel, and collaboration across the two communities has been unsatisfactory.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.