The ‘Accelerating Private Sector Investments in Green Mini-Grids’ report, as a key takeaway from the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum 2023, presents an overview of the Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE)
Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets on April 27 to protest an energy reform proposal, which they say would allow more private investment in the country's oil industry. The energy reform
In a move to improve and regulate the healthcare system in Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, the state government has shut down 184 private hospitals, clinics and laboratories. Private
coastal campaign: The National Fishworker's Forum began a two-month campaign in Gujarat to draw public attention to the centre's move to dilute Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991, and
India announced a new National Mineral Policy (for non-coal and non-fuel minerals) in early April, after two-and-a-half years of wrangling between mineral-rich states and the central government,
The Maharashtra government has extended the transfer of development rights instrument
The European Commission has launched a fund to mobilize private sector investments in energy-efficient and renewable energy projects. The Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund
privatization of lakes in Bangalore is a sore point. Environment Support Group, an ngo in Bangalore, filed a petition regarding this in the Karnataka High Court in January this year. "It's
Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. The government says hydroelectricity is the key to the state
A t the annual conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, Tennessee, US, held from March 25-29, "Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation' was one of the three main themes. The conference was attended by a diverse crowd of applied social scientists from around the world. There were 16 panels on the theme itself and between those of us from India we attended at least five of these. (Letter)
MANILA: A struggle for control has broken out at the largest power utility in the Philippines after the government put pressure on it to cut rates, and analysts say the dispute could affect privatization of the power sector. The state pension fund, Government Service Insurance System, or GSIS, has called for a management revamp at Manila Electric, or Meralco, in a bid to drive down rates. "I believe we can only bring down rates if we change management and put in somebody who can initiate reforms," said Winston Garcia, president of GSIS.
