Boeing’s latest sales passenger aircraft sales forecast now expects India’s air transport sector in the next 20 years to grow at a greater rate than China, long deemed the largest long-term market for new aircraft sales. Despite the financial turmoil currently faced by Indian operators, Boeing says the country’s commercial aviation fleet is likely to grow more than 4.5 times in size over the next 20 years, and expects Indian airlines to order as many as 1,450 aircraft worth a total of $175 billion by 2031.
NEW DELHI — India’s parliament has approved a bill to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Act to forbid the transfer of specified toxins to and from any country not party to the convention. “The Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Bill, 2012, part of India’s international obligation, seeks to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000, which was enacted to . . . help prohibit the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction,” says a senior government official.
