From its inception in July 2010, the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) has collected revenues to the tune of Rs 1,066 crore in FY 2010-11, an estimated Rs 3,249 crore in FY 2011-12, and is expected to
Pragmatism has recently taken up the ‘practice turn’ in order to overcome the neglect of agency in poststructuralist accounts. To explore potential advantages if such an approach is used for an analysis
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This report is intended as a resource for policy makers in developing countries to make informed policy decisions about the whether, when and how of FITs and to support nationally appropriate policy measures
As the city reels under power and water shortage, hospitals too have started feeling the pinch. At Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital in North Delhi, operation theatres were shut for a whole week, till Thursday.
UNNAO: Here is an apt example of government setting up infrastructure, which is eventually rendered as useless. Sample this: Khursat village, located around 30 kilometres from Unnao got an over head tank
ONGC has received 121,207 carbon credits for its 51 MW wind power project at Bhuj in Gujarat, the company said in a statement. These credit points have been given by the United Nations body on climate
Unilever has launched a scheme to provide safe clean drinking water to communities around the world by harnessing the power of social networking. The Unilever Foundation in partnership with Population
As India's capital, Delhi has grown across sectors - industry, transport, and housing - which contribute to an increase in air pollution. This, in turn, has increased health risks, which are refl ected
An appeals court decision to uphold proposed federal greenhouse gas rules may shift the fight over regulating the heat-trapping emissions back to Congress, where lawmakers may step up efforts to diminish
Harbin Chinese company working on Pakistan ’s most important project of 747 MW Guddu power plant has sought the security cover from the government. About 130 employees of the company are vigorously working
The infrastructure hurdles that tripped the Book Fair are posing problems for a state government handicrafts fair starting at Milon Mela on Wednesday, with the authorities sitting on an upgrade plan. A part of the fairground is yet to be levelled, toilet and drainage facilities have not been improved and safeguards are not in place against a power cut, which had hit the Book Fair.
Recent studies have shown that black carbon, a component of particulate matter (PM), is the second most powerful climate warming pollutant after carbon dioxide (CO2), and international experts have linked
Global economic headwinds are likely to impact Odisha's economy with the state anticipating slide in its GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) growth for 2012-13 compared to previous years. "We are expecting some decline in the state’s growth rate at the end of this fiscal owing to deceleration of Indian and world economy. So far, there is no impact of slow down on the state”, said Prafulla Chandra Ghadai, state minister for finance, public enterprises and excise.
<p>The Pakistan government has imposed a ban on manufacturing of import, sale and use of non-degradable plastic bags and other products in federal capital. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan.</p>
SHILLONG: Admitting that the progress of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in the State has not been upto the mark, Power Minister AT Mondal said that show cause notices have been given to the concerned contractors for the delay in commissioning of the scheme. The RGGVY scheme aims at electrifying all villages and habitations besides providing access to electricity to all rural households and also to provide electricity connection to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families free of charge. Under the scheme, 1, 14,507 BPL families will be provided free electricity connection in the state.
Islamabad: In another setback to Pakistan's efforts to eradicate polio, the Taliban has banned a vaccination campaign in the restive South Waziristan region till the US halts its drone strikes in the tribal
Triggered in last some years mostly by environmental factors as also due to threats of war being held out by USA on Iraq. Researchers expended their energy to find alternative ways to power
Lays down six criteria in Arkavathy Layout case Curtailing the ‘discretionary’ powers of successive State governments that have indiscriminately doled out denotification orders, the Supreme Court has now laid down a set of criteria that must be implemented by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) while denotifying lands in its possession. The Supreme Court on May 5, 2010, upheld the High Court observations on denotification while hearing a case on Arkavathy Layout, and laid down six criteria to be implemented by the BDA in the future.
Power and Energy Minister Patali Chamipka Ranawaka yesterday said Sri Lanka is the most carbon efficient country in GDP terms as the amount of Carbon produced here is very much less in every respect.
