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)
The new land allotment policy prescribes various guidelines, including the extent of land for a particular project in case of allotment by the government or its agencies, and also puts similar limitations on private land acquisitions, though indirectly. A company now might not be able to acquire the extent of land it wishes to for a particular project, even through direct purchase from land owners in Andhra Pradesh, as the state government’s new policy prescribes land requirement depending on the size and nature of a project.
CIL is charged of discriminating in favour of public sector firms in the reworked format of fuel supply agreements The private power producers' lobby has taken state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the long-standing issue of fuel supply pacts. The lobby has blamed CIL of discrimination in favour of public sector companies in the reworked format of the fuel supply agreements (FSAs).
This draft state water policy for Pondicherry is applicable to all the water resources in the Union Territory. A Water Resources Control Management and Review Council or Committee will be constituted to monitor implementation of the policy.
New Delhi Industry body Ficci on Friday said the Centre should relook at certain clauses of the proposed Land Acquisition Bill such as role of state governments and the entitlements for the private sector, prior to placing it before the Cabinet. The Group of Ministers on Land Acquisition Bill, headed by agricultural minister Sharad Pawar, had approved the proposed legislation with changes last month. In a letter to Pawar, Ficci president R V Kanoria said state governments should also help in land acquisition for the private sector other than public purpose projects.
This new report published by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically. It examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture carbon.
Batches of the world’s first vaccine against the hepatitis E virus began rolling out of a Chinese factory, promising to stem a disease that every year infects about 20 million people and claims 70,000
This paper provides background information for development practitioners in the water and other infrastructure sectors. It outlines the major challenges related to financing the gap in global water infrastructure,
The objectives of the policy are: To encourage participation of Private Sector to set up Solar Power based projects in the State; To define the incentives and benefits to be provided to the participants
This toolkit is focussed to provide a comprehensive knowledge of solid waste management for implementers, hence it has been prepared to provide vital information that a municipal manager will require while
The threat of climate change has galvanised the Indian government and industry into action. Every corporate worth its salt is proclaiming that it is doing something to fight climate change. A cursory glance
