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Observations from India's Waste Crisis
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From Waste to Resource: The Trade in Wastes and Global Recycling Economies
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Export of Recyclable Materials: Evidence from Japan
Asian Economic Papers, 2016
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ijetrm journal, 2022
This paper briefly explains about the dumping of commodities and its relation to reduce its prices. India may force against dumping obligation of up to USD 185.51 per ton for a long time on specific assortments of Chinese steel so as to protect household players from modest imports of the product from the neighboring nation. JSW Steel Ltd, Sunflag Iron and Steel Co, Usha Martin, Gerdau Steel India, Vardhman Special Steels and Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd had together documented an application for inception of examinations and demanding of hostile dumping obligations on the steel. It said that the dumped imports are undermining the costs of the residential business and because of this the local business' benefits, return on capital utilized and money benefits have declined during 2016-17. "The expert suggests an inconvenience of hostile dumping obligation" on the imports from China "for a time of five years," the DGTR has said in a warning. It has prescribed obligations in the scope of USD 44.89 per ton and USD 185.51 per ton.India generates close to 26,000 tonnes of plastic a day, according to a CPCB estimate from 2012. Worse, a little over 10,000 tonnes a day of plastic waste remains uncollected. The latest case is of an activity begun by the Nishkam Khalsa Sewa and the graduated class gathering of Goethals Memorial School in Siliguri. As per which, free nourishment is given to the penniless in return for 500 grams of plastic waste, including containers, packs and different random plastic things. The indistinguishable idea has been presented by 'Trash Cafe' in Chhattisgarh half a month back to urge natives to keep the roads without plastic. The sample size is 1292, the objective of this paper is to study and analyze the dumping of commodities in the Indian market. To find the analysis the opinion of the people is observed through their education level. The key findings of this paper is to analyze on Dumping of commodities in the Indian market and its relation to reduction in prices.
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On the Need and Benefits of Industrial Waste Management in the Indian Context
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