First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Who gains from blending?
RICH DIVIDENDS FOR OMCs, NO REAL BENEFIT FOR CONSUMERS & FARMERS ONE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION TO ASK over ethanol pricing even as a panel chaired by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri examines a
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He made the Budda smile at Pokhran
Sethna helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974 Srinivas Laxman | TNN Mumbai: Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India
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Energy technology perspectives 2010: Indian industry sector
The India launch of IEA
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Energy poverty: how to make modern energy access universal?
Over 20% of the global population
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Natural gas in India
The Indian gas market is expected to be one of the fastest growing in the world over the next two decades. This paper analyses this market, highlighting the current challenges. It first looks at the industry structure, presents the main players from industry as well as government, and gives an overview of the regulatory framework.
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Focus on power-poverty
Innovate Rural Electrification THE International Energy Agency (IEA) has highlighted that over 20% of the global population or 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity, which hinders economic and social development. Here in India, the grim reality is that almost half the population in rural areas has little or no supply of power.
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Power to the people: investing in clean energy for the base of the pyramid in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new analysis published by WRI in collaboration with Center for Development Finance-IFMR focuses on the energy needs of India's rural poor and looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.</span></p>
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BS Transcomm plans green power solutions for telecom tower cos
INFRASTRUCTURE and managed services provider, BS Transcomm, plans to provide telecom tower companies with solar and wind power solutions along with its existing fuel management solutions, a person familiar with the company
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Pawar writes to PM after talks of ethanol plan rejig
FOOD minister Sharad Pawar has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention on the contentious issue of pricing ethanol for the Centre's ambitious 5% blending programme (EBP), even though an expert panel headed by Plan panel member Saumitra Chaudhri recommended capping ethanol supply at around 500 million litres (ml) in its draft report on Friday. Pawar shot o
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Energy poverty in rural and urban India: are the energy poor also income poor?
Energy poverty is a frequently used term among energy specialists, but unfortunately the concept is rather loosely defined. Several existing approaches measure energy poverty by defining an energy poverty line as the minimum quantity of physical energy needed to perform such basic tasks as cooking and lighting. This paper proposes an alternative measure that is based on energy demand.