81 power projects take off in 10 months
In the past 10 months, 81 power projects, worth Rs 3.2 lakh crore, have taken off and seen actual investment on the ground, show data available with the central secretariat’s project monitoring group (PMG).
Economy
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41 development schemes approved for capital
The Islamabad Development Working Party (IDWP) in its meeting on Wednesday considered at length the PC-1 of 42 development schemes and approved, in principle, 41 development schemes.The approval was subject
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China's new environment law submitted to parliament
Amendments to China's 1989 environmental protection law that will mean stiffer punishments for polluters have been submitted to the country's parliament for deliberation, official news agency Xinhua reported
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Crisil report: Return to heyday of 9% annual growth gone
Predicts no more than 6.5% yearly from now till FY19, and only with a stable and decisive govt Analytical firm CRISIL Research said on Sunday it expected the economy to grow by 6.5 per cent yearly, on an average, from 2014-15 to 2018-19 — roughly the period of the next government if it lasts a full term. This is way down from the nine per cent annual growth rate from 2003-04 to 2010-11, briefly snapped by the global financial crisis of 2008-09, it said.
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 11 - 19 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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International Monetary Fund bullish on India's growth story
Sounding bullish about India, International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects country's economic growth to move up to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal and 6.25 per cent in the next fiscal. "Our sense is
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China Expected To Prioritize Environment Over Development In Revised Law
Smog-hit China is set to pass a new law that would give Beijing more powers to shut polluting factories and punish officials, and even place protected regions off-limits to industrial development, scholars
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Green tape hurdles pinch investments across manufacturing sector
Even as industrial output is hitting new lows every passing month, India Inc is belatedly waking up to a major environmental clearance deterrent that is jeopardizing greenfield and brownfield investments
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Agri sector has potential to be energy-efficient
Prof. N.H. Ravindranath at the Centre of Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru, and one of the lead authors of the last of the three IPCC working group reports focusing on mitigating climate change maintains
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FinMin Prepares Reforms Blueprint
Controlling inflation , reviving growth by boosting manufacturing, infrastructure and farm productivity are the primary areas of concern The finance ministry is preparing an outline for the next phase