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Online platform for green clearances
In a move to fast-track green nods, the government will digitise environment and forest clearances (EC and FC) at both the central and state levels. The new system will help companies file their applications
Hydroelectricity
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Akhilesh launches energy projects worth Rs 4,000 cr
In all, Yadav either laid foundation or unveiled 163 transmission or distribution sub-stations all over the state Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched energy projects worth about Rs 4,000 crore aimed at strengthening power transmission and distribution infrastructure in the state.
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India to provide 100MW power
Terming Bangladesh the closest and time-tested friendly neighbour, Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday assured his Bangladesh counterpart of providing additional 100MW electricity to Bangladesh’s
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Ghats plantations may not come under ESA category
Thiruvananthapuram: The ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Monday submitted the draft notification on Kasturirangan-led High level Working Group committee (HLWG) report to the law department
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Dispur fails to submit report, faces NGT’s criticism
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday decried the Assam government after the latter failed to submit report on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power also failed to submit their reports when the tribunal took up the case for hearing.
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National Green Tribunal seeks reply in three weeks on Subansiri dam
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given an ultimatum of three weeks to the Assam government to file its reply on the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power (LSHEP) dam on Monday. Earlier, the tribunal
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Khotang villages illuminated
While people connected to the central transmission line of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) are bearing the brunt of increased load shedding hours, more than one dozens remote VDCs in Khotang have uninterrupted
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Green nod pendency dips as CCI fires up environment ministry
Decision-making at the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) quickened after January 2013, when a freshly-formed Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) started inducing vigour to the process, reports
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Hydro projects to be launched in Lamjung
Preparations are on to launch at least four new hydro-projects within a year along the Dordikhola corridor in Lamjung. The cost of the four hydro-projects, with a total capacity of 112 MW, is estimated
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Big utilities shunned green energy at their peril: Greenpeace
Europe's 10 biggest utilities, produce more than half of Europe's power, but only a tiny percentage is from the new green energy sources that could revive their profits, a report from campaign group Greenpeace