India, US to facilitate access for clean energy funds
The Dollar Business Bureau India and the US on Thursday reiterated the importance of increasing mutual access to both private and public funding for the development of their clean energy sector. The two countries noted the "importance of expanding access to public and private financing for clean energy development in order to enhance access to energy and sustainable development", said a joint statement on the 2nd India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. "The sides recognised their collective efforts to advance the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) initiative, the US-India Clean Energy Hub, the expansion of USAID programme for Utility-level support and the US-India Catalytic Solar Finance Program, which will collectively mobilise public and private capital towards clean energy solutions," it said. Expressing satisfaction on the progress ...
India says TPP 'significant agreement'
Source: PTI The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal announced early this month is a significant agreement that accounts for 40% of global economy, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. “It is one of the major agreements because it covers 40% of the world economy,” Sitharaman said after she was given a detailed presentation on the recently agreed TPP by senior US officials at a very short notice request from India. “We wanted to be informed on the developments in TPP. The presentation was very useful,” she said, adding that at this stage India just wanted to have more information about TPP. “At this stage, India is engaging with many many groups to have a free trade agreements, preferential trade ...
