INDIA v U.S. - WTO SOLAR RULING AND INDIAN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
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Development versus environment is not a new concept, but a debate which has been going on from decades. Recent years have seen environmental protection developing into a moral issue which led nations and international organisations to take steps toward it. One such step was the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission launched by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2010. It was a step that India took to move toward using cleaner fuels, solar power in this case. This was and still is a prospective project for India as the raw material needed here- sunlight is something that India has in abundance as it is “blessed with approximately 300 sunny days in a year and solar insolation of 4-7 kWh per Sq. m per day.” The phase one of the project started in 2010 and was over by start of 2013 when the 2nd phase was supposed to begin but before this could happen a trade dispute was filed by U.S. against India in July of 2013 claiming that India is violating international trade rules through the project.
The article first describes the project and the reason behind the dispute at WTO and India’s defence, then it tries to analyse the judgement given by the WTO panel, the role U.S. played in it and how even after India agreed to comply it continues to create hurdles for further movement of the project. The article gives arguments supporting WTO’s verdict but shows how U.S. is trying hard to take an unfair advantage out of the situation.
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