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)
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said rehabilitation and resettlement norms included in the new land acquisition Bill would be applied to private land purchases as well. Ramesh said that in case of private land purchase, the state government would be free to decide the threshold level for application of the provision. The move is expected to increase the cost of land acquisition by private sector players as they would now have to conform to the government stipulated R&R guidelines. The land acquisition Bill was earlier hailed by the industry as it diluted the consent provision for acquisition deals from 80% of the affected persons to two-third and allowed land acquisition by the government for private sector projects set up to serve a larger public purpose.
The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The consent of two-thirds of landowners would now
Two sides also discuss possibility of technological cooperation in gas hydrates that are tough to extract In the second interaction of its kind this year, India has agreed to test-run Japanese projects intended to improve or utilise the country’s basic energy resources such as coal and water. During the India-Japan Energy Dialogue, which took place in Japan on Wednesday, the two sides also discussed the possibility of technological cooperation in the difficult-to-extract gas hydrates, touched on the possibility of developing an almost carbon-free integrated gasification combined cycle project in India and reviewed ongoing renewable energy projects, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia told The Hindu from Tokyo.
PPPs in infra are on the cusp of disaster. The country needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure Growth is back on the agenda, says the government. It is hoping that with pushy announcements foreign and Indian investment will miraculously start pouring in and infrastructure will be the name of the game once again. But this assumption ignores one crucial detail: currently, public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure are on the cusp of disaster. India needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure.
New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will further widen the scope of its investigations into the coal block allocation scam by looking into the role of officials of Central and state sector PSUs, including NTPC, SAIL and a host of state mineral development corporations. These utilities had got allocation of captive coal blocks from the Centre between 1993 and 2009 under the special dispensation route for government companies.
The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. The report will provide analytical tools
The UNEP and the GEF have released a new enlighten tToolkit, titled “Achieving the Transition to Energy Efficient Lighting,” which provides guidance for developing countries to transform their markets
Hydrocarbon sector is the key to ensuring energy security in the country. It is the second source servicing India’s energy needs. Ensuring energy security for a large nation like India is a huge challenge.
More than 90 per cent investments in the wind power sector come from private sector which indicates that we have adequate capacity and desire to harness wind energy. however, we need a stable regulatory
Wind power is a formidable source of renewable energy. The article seeks to acquaint the reader with the developments in this sector with particular reference to Rajasthan.
