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Ecotaxes on polluting inputs and outputs / Raja J. Chelliah ... [and others].
Lippincott Library HJ5450 .E28 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental impact charges--India.
- Environmental impact charges.
- Pollution--Economic aspects--India.
- Pollution.
- Pollutants--Economic aspects--India.
- Pollutants.
- Pollution--Economic aspects.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 209 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Academic Foundation in association with Madras School of Economics, Chennai, 2007.
- Summary:
- The use of taxes&to put pressure on polluters has had mixed results internationally, according to this study of&economic instruments (EIs) as a means&for cleaning up environmental-hazards. The analysis identifies several&key considerations in structuring effective ecotaxes, including trade-offs between environmental and other goals, the&size of the tax base, distortions in prices, &the possibility of phasing in the taxes, incentives for compliance, and the advisability of earmarking of funds for environmental protection. Industries in India covered in the discussion include makers of automobiles, coal, fertilizers, lead acid batteries, paper and pulp, pesticides, &plastics, phosphate-based detergents, and rayon.
- Contents:
- Externality
- Regulatory Approach
- Economic Approaches
- International and Domestic Support for Economic Instruments
- 2 Design and Implementation of Ecotaxes 27
- Why Ecotaxes?
- Coverage and Design Issues
- International Experience
- 3 Coal 61
- Production
- Coal Demand Forecast
- Imports and Exports
- Pricing
- Royalty on Coal
- Environmental Problems
- Inferior Coal and Beneficiated Coal
- Coal Cess Based on Cost of Beneficiation
- Proposed Rates of Ecocess on Coal
- Estimate of Revenue from Ecocess
- Clean Coal Fund
- 4 Automobiles 91
- Vehicular Pollution in India
- Ecotax Proposals in the Interim Report
- Comments on the Interim Report by SIAM and Modifications in the Proposals
- In-use Vehicles
- Recommendations
- 5 Chlorine Use in Pulp and Paper and Viscose Rayon Industries 121
- Industry Structure
- Cost Aspects
- Central Excise Duty on Paper
- Chlorine Production and Use
- Environmental Impact of Chlorine
- Comments by Industry
- Viscose Rayon
- 6 Phosphate Based Detergents 131
- Detergent Industry
- Use of Phosphates
- Sodium Tri-Poly Phosphate (STPP)
- Detergent Use in India
- Regulatory Approaches
- Experiences in Other Countries
- Alternatives to Phosphates
- Central Excise Duty
- Comments by Detergent Manufacturers
- 7 Chemical Pesticides and Biopesticides 139
- Pesticide Production in India
- Pesticide Use in India
- Pesticide Resistance
- Toxic Residues in Food
- Occupational Exposure
- Registration and Licensing of Pesticides
- Pricing of Pesticides
- The Biopesticide Market
- Botanical Pesticides
- Acceptance of Biopesticides by Farmers
- 8 Fertilisers 149
- Fertiliser Use in India
- Fertiliser Consumption Per Hectare
- Fertiliser Pricing Policy
- Problems to be Considered
- Nitrate Pollution
- Biofertilisers
- Factors Favouring and Limiting the Use of Biofertilisers
- Fertiliser Taxes in Other Countries
- Comments by the Fertiliser Association of India
- 9 Lead Acid Batteries 161
- Indian Battery Industry
- Indian Lead Sector
- Health Effects of Lead
- Why Dealers Sell Battery Scrap to Traders and not Battery Manufacturers
- Salient Features of Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001
- The Main Issues at Hand
- Measures to Control Environmental Pollution from Batteries: International Experience
- Revenue Implications
- 10 Plastics 179
- Recycling
- Plastic Wastes
- Biodegradability
- Bioplastics as an Alternative
- Other Disposal Options
- Government Initiatives
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Ecotaxes on Plastic Bags
- Discussions with the Plastics Manufacturers Association
- Coal
- Automobiles
- Chlorine
- Detergents
- Pesticides
- Fertilisers
- Lead Acid Batteries
- Plastics.
- Notes:
- "Copyright: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788171885848
- 8171885845
- OCLC:
- 144218923
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