The envelope, please: Enron awaits verdict on Indian power project

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A Maharashtra state cabinet committee has reviewed the Enron power project for India's western coast, but no word is yet available on its details. It almost certainly recommends some changes to the deal, signed by the preceding government and heavily criticized by members of the new one before their election. Outside analysts say the present deal's prices are fair, but it includes guarantees that would not now be given. A similar review of AES Transpower's project in Orissa state is likewise instilling caution in foreign companies.

Electric Power Generating, Electric Power Generation, Electric services, Planning, Energy policy, Political aspects, Enron Corp., ENE, Electric power-plants, Electric power plants, Maharashtra, India

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Boys of bondage: child labour, though banned, is rampant

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India has a proliferation of child labor particularly in the prosperous carpet industry. In spite of the existence of the Child Labour Act which clearly prohibits the use of children under 14 in industries such as carpet weaving, 44 million Indian children in this age bracket are estimated to be working. In the face of government laxity and nonexistence of strict rules on compulsory primary schooling, importing countries could help in discouraging child labor through boycott threats.

Social aspects, Children, Employment, Child labor, Rug and carpet industry

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Treading gingerly

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The Indian government lifted price and distribution controls on phosphatic and potassic fertilizers on Aug 25, 1992, in an attempt to reduce the expenses on subsidies. It, however, re-introduced price controls on nitrogen-based fertilizers, apart from urea, and announced a 17% increase in the support price for rice and other mid-year monsoon crops. Observers feel that these measures are likely to substantially reduce the subsidy savings expected from the de-control.

Economic aspects, Agricultural subsidies, Fertilizers, Crops, Crops (Plants)

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