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Abstract: With sharp economic growth, the international focus on 'aid'programmes of emerging economies, including India, has gone up considerably. The timing of Indian announcement, of setting up of a new and specialised agency for international cooperation, has further fuelled global speculations about an ambitious Indian 'commercial agenda.'As most of the traditional donors are trying to achieve harmonisation and transparency under Paris Declaration, OECD has called for global discipline in the aid programmes.

Executive Summary India has introduced several trade facilitation related measures in the last couple of years. The pro-active strategy adopted by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has helped in introducing several policy measures which have not only streamlined the role of the customs department but has also helped industry in a major way without compromising collection of revenue.

Abstract This article attempts to look into the dynamics of a national system of biotechnology innovation (NSBI) in the wider framework of its role in economic development. It has been found that NSBI crucially depends not only on budgetary allocations and institutional support for advancement, but also on response to market demand. The evidence from Singapore shows that a sectoral approach in NSBI may help developing countries in finding a niche for growth instead of broadening the area of investment within biotechnology.

The world has been witnessing the 25th anniversary of the advent of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in 2009. With the conversion of South Asia Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) into South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) in 2006, South Asia is now looking for a Customs Union in 2015 and an Economic Union in 2020.

ABSTRACT With the launch of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), trade integration in the South Asian subregion is likely to expand. However, not enough attention is being paid to the environmental implications of the Agreement. This is a feature of most free trade agreements (FTAs) being implemented in Asia despite the precedence established in some other FTAs.

Abstract: The prospective entry of generic dominated Indian pharmaceutical sector in the ambit of new technologies is likely to give filip to emergence of strong biopharmaceutical sector. It is pertinent in this context to draw a policy roadmap which takes into account sectoral dynamics and draws upon regional and international linkages. An appropriate balance between national system of innovation (NSI) and sectoral system of innovation (SSI) would determine trajactory of growth of this sector.

E< I recent past, adoption and diffusion of biotechnology has aised several policy challenges for the governance of this technology especially in the developing countries due to rapid expansion of the biotechnology industry. These countries have been strategically strengthening capacity, infrastructure and expertise in regulation and commercialization of biotechnology particularly in the areas where rich bioresources are utilized.

The practice of biotechnology in its varied forms, varying in style, substance and scale, reveals shared histories with the planet's peoples and cultures in the developed and developing worlds. Biotechnology has a long history. Old as the growing of crops and the making of cheese and the production of wines, its practice has been described as one of the oldest professions in the world. Modern Biotechnology, in general, embraces more often the principles and practise of genetic engineering.

BIOTECHNOLOGY in its simplest connotations may be defined as a technology based on biological systems-plants, animals and microbes or parts of it (cell, tissue, gene or DNA) to derive the best goods and services for the benefit of human being.

In last couple of years, biotechnology has emerged as a complex and cumulative set of technologies covering almost all the major sectors affecting economic growth. In the agriculture and the pharmaceutical sector biotechnological inputs have strongly influenced the production pattern and the final output. Efforts have been made by different agencies at national and international level to enhance intrinsic capacity for adoption and diffusion of biotechnology.

" In order to embark on the transition to a sustainable energy future–a future in which greenhouse gas concentration would be stabilized at a level that prevents dangerous interference with the climate system–governments and the private sector, civil society and international organisations must understand and address the challenges posed by developments in the global energy sector. Trade policy strategies must also deal with these processes in a comprehensive manner.

Executive Summary In recent years, South Asia has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the world economy. South Asia has successfully converted preferential trading agreement (SAPTA) into a free trade agreement (SAFTA) in July 2006. However, intra-subregional transit trade volume is still miniscule in eastern South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal), compared to its extra-subregional transit trade.

Executive Summary Several South Asian countries have joined the current wave of bilateral and subregional free trade agreements (FTA) in the region. The dynamics of regional cooperation is supported by the rapid economic expansion which is creating complementarities for trade expansion. The economic expansion in South Asia has shown divergence in performance.

Executive Summary Following widespread economic reforms, India undertook focused and dedicated trade facilitation (TF) initiatives for improving infrastructure and the regulatory regime dealing with its external sector. Information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITES) are prominently placed centre-stage of the trade process reforms.

Abstract—Neogene planktonic foraminifera from DSDP Sites 214, 216 and 217 (Ninetyeast Ridge) from the tropical Indian Ocean were quantitatively analysed. Site 214 has a singularly superb, continuous sequence with abundant planktonic foraminifera all through the Neogene. At this site a brief interval of dissolution followed by a hiatus in the early part of the Middle Miocene is recorded. Stratigraphie ranges of planktonic foraminifera enabled recognition of 24 zones from Late Oligocene to Pleistocene.

In the recent past several public agencies along with private sector firms have entered into the biotechnology sector. India and several other developing countries in Asia are passing through a phase in which there is a sharp rise in the budgetary allocations and investments in the biotechnology industry.

The story of the Kani access and benefit sharing (ABS) model begins in April, 1987, when a scientist from the All India Coordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology (AICRPE) 1 arrived in the forests of the Agasthyar hills in southern India to seek permission from Mottu Kani (head of the Kani tribe) to launch an expedition into the forests. 2 There is a practice among the Kerala tribes that any outsider is first supposed to meet the tribal chief before entering their settlements.

Since independence, India has followed certain principles which have emerged as pillars of India's foreign policy. The two most important elements of this policy framework are national sovereignty and independence. The emergence of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was ultimately an opportunity to assert for sovereignty and independence for thinking beyond the power blocs.

In the early 1990s, India launched a comprehensive economic liberalization programme that was supplemented by the introduction of various trade facilitation (TF) measures, including efforts to improve cargo clearance, through the introduction of automation-related initiatives. The introduction of the Information Technology Act in 2000, which proposed institutional support to ensure commitment for e-governance, provided a major policy impetus for TF.

Abstract Radiation dose-risk assessment was carried out for cereal species Brassica compestris var. dichotoma, Oryza sativa var. Shalum1, Zea mays, Lactuca indica, Cumunis sativum, and Clocasia esculanta due to naturally available radionuclides 40 K, 238 U and 232 Th in Domiasiat area. The activity in biota and corresponding soil was measured by precipitation method using NaI (TI) detector.