Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Recent technological developments in biomass have made it possible to deploy various biomass-based systems for meeting total energy requirements of villages in an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective manner. Modern biomass technologies offer considerable effi ciency gains over traditional biomass use. A concept to provide energy security in villages through renewable …
Amritsar - With power playing truant and prices of petrol and diesel on an all-time high, farmers in the district are at their wits ends. With paddy season approaching, farmers have urged the government to either ensure 24-hour power supply to run their tubewells or provide fuel at subsidised rates. …
Despite the challenges, the importance of monitoring and evaluation remains critical in verifying the benefits of improved stove designs and their use. Over the last eight years the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI), has been engaged in the Monitoring and Evaluation of improved cook stove programmes in various rural and …
The State government by deciding to provide electricity to farmers and power loom industry at low rates has tried to give them some relief. In a meeting of cabinet which was presided over by Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan the decision was taken that the domestic consumers using electricity up …
The conventional grid-based electricity has not been able to reach many remote rural areas and small settlements. The Planning Commission has identified over 80,000 villages are unlikely to be electrified. The SEBs (state electricity boards) often consider such locations financially not viable due to the high cost of laying transmission …
The dismal situation and poor quality of life in rural India is because of unavailability of energy. It is shown that sophisticated technology can help solve this and other problems of rural areas. A call is made to the global technological community to help provide such technologies. Finally issues of …
This document contains the White paper on Project Surya, aiming at reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a controlled and practical experiment in rural India. Project Surya will deploy inexpensive solar and other energy-efficient cookers in rural India and document their role in reducing …
This document contains the Report of the working group on new and renewable energy for XITH five year plan (2007-12) . The 5 Programmes proposed for 11th plan are: (i) Grid-Interactive and Distributed Renewable Power; (ii) Renewable Energy for Rural Applications; (iii) Renewable Energy for Urban, Industrial & Commercial Applications; …
The overall goal of this policy is to contribute to rural poverty reduction and environmental conservation by ensuring access to clean, reliable and appropriate energy in the rural areas. In order to achieve this goal, the
Smallholder agriculture has made an increasing use of subsidized mechanization and energy inputs to reduce short-term risks in semi-arid conditions in north west India. However, geographic patterns of production and scale of mechanization are straining resources and increasing the risk of serious degradation of natural resources. In this paper, the …
There is an acute shortage of power for decentralized communities of the rural sector in India even after installing power generation capacity of about 110,000 MW. In order to meet rural energy needs, the decentralized power generation is an alternative measure and can be produced through renewable energy sources. There …
The use of kerosene for lighting and biomass for cooking is predominant throughout rural India. And since provision of grid electricity to rural India is still a far cry, there is an urgent need to develop alternative sources of liquid fuels for lighting and cooking. Studies at the National Agricultural …
Majority of rural households in India use only kerosene for lighting. Most of the lamps are hurricane-type, which produce very poor light intensity of about 60
Due to combustion of solid fuels, indoor air pollution seems to be a major contributor to disease in India, but few quantitative exposure assessment studies are available. This study quantified daily average concentrations of respirable particulates in 420 rural homes of Andhra Pradesh and recorded time activity data of 1400 …
An evaluation of the Government of India's NPIC (National Programme of Improved Cookstoves) was undertaken in six states to learn lessons and assess impediments to future stoves programmes. The programmes were assessed on the basis of stove design, consumer satisfaction, capacity for quality control, and the role of subsidies in …
Small hydro power projects have been launched under the Rural Energy Development Programme in Sindhupalchok district of , Nepal. The main objective of the programme is to raise the living standards of the rural poor and protection of environment. According to the district energy "advisor, initially, electricity will be provided …
rural India provides ideal conditions for tapping various forms of renewable energy such as biogas, solar and wind energy. Biomass gasification is yet to be exploited for rural areas. Now, a new technique for generating electricity from ipomoea (creeping plants) has been developed by Development Alternatives, a ngo based in …
