Pakistan’s imports increased by 17.79 percent, in the US dollar term, to reach $44.749 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year as compared to $37.992 billion during the corresponding period of last financial year. According to the data provided by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the imports in April 2021 were $5.260 billion (provisional) as compared to $ 5,631 million (provisional) in March 2021 showing a decrease of 6.59 percent but increased by 64.27 percent as compared to $3.202 billion in April 2020. In term of…
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In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal
The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate change targets. Stopping fossil fuel funding is seen as a major step the world can make to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, which scientists say would avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change. Getting Japan on board to end international financing of…
Read MoreTata Power ‘goes big on renewable energy’, expects 10x growth of sector in 5-7 years
As Tata Power “goes big on renewable energy,” the firm seems optimistic about the exponential growth of the sector in the next four to five years. “Tata Power is going very big on renewables,” Praveer Sinha, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata Power told CNBC-TV18 on May 25. Sinha is confident of the space become the “very biggest” and asserted that it will grow very fast in the next four-five years. Talking about Tata Power’s projects in the renewable energy sector, Sinha said, “…we will look…
Read MoreDelayed adjustments come with a cost
The energy minister stamped the verdict the other day, what was becoming increasingly evident from the government’s tone. There will be no immediate notification of the already approved power quarterly tariff adjustments. The government has decided to wait for the existing Rs1.62 per unit adjustment to lapse with effect from October 2021, to bring in the new adjustments of Rs 1.72 per unit – where the net impact would be very manageable at 10 paisas per unit. Apart from one episode for a base tariff revision in February 2021, all…
Read MoreCircular debt build-up for July-Apr reduced by Rs189bn current FY, says Umar
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Tuesday that the circular debt build up for the period of July-April this fiscal year has been reduced by Rs189 billion as compared to the previous year. “Circular debt build up jul-apr this fiscal year is 260 billion vs 449 billion same period last year, a reduction of 189 billion,” the minister said in a series of Twitter posts today. “The full year circular debt build up this year is expected to be more than 100 billion LESS than the…
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