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 …
The focus of the analysis is on nexus issues among energy use, incomes, employment, investment decisions, and agricultural production for meeting food and feed demands, as well as health-related effects on rural households. As an example investigate potential policies, such as public subsidies for solar panels and increase in non-agricultural …
It will be given to farmers to operate irrigation pumpsets during daytime, says Shivakumar The government is trying to add 4,000 to 5,000 MW of solar power to the grid in the next 18 months, according to Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of solar power …
JODHPUR: Two years after the Narendra Modi government announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), expected to 'electrify' many border villages and hamlets of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts in Rajasthan, hundreds of villages use lanterns and chimney lamps even now. In dozens of villages, though electricity has reached …
Every household would be electrified by 2019, says Das. Four thousand households in Jharkhand will get electricity through solar energy this fiscal, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Thursday. To make the villages prosperous and self-sufficient, every household would be electrified by 2019, Das said while inaugurating 132/33 KV Grid …
Sambalpur: The remote village of Rairakhol under Chasabardi district was lit up with solar lights on Sunday. As soon as the Chief Whip of the government, Rohit Pujari, inaugurated the solar energy system in the village, it brought cheers on the faces of the people of the non-descript village, located …
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing a Programme on Off-Grid and Decentralized Solar Applications" for promoting use of solar power through solar home lights, solar street lights, power plants, solar pumps and mini micro grids to meet the energy requirements of the rural areas of the …
This study assesses and compares the benefits of electricity service to households and small enterprises from microgrids, solar home systems (SHS), and the national grid in select rural communities in India and Nepal. Electricity access, in general, leads to reduced kerosene use, more time spent by women on income-generation, and …
As many as 76 villages in Uttarakhand have been living in the dark since 1947, the year in which India attained independence. That's because till date, the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has not been able to set up the required infrastructure in these villages. Surprisingly, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh, the …
This working paper explores how doing energy planning at the county level could better engage citizens in decision-making, and thus help ensure that end-user needs are well understood and addressed. In 2010, Kenya established a devolved government system that, among other things, allocates responsibility for energy planning to the county …
Indoor air pollutants — caused by 'chulhas' for example — contribute to increased rate of respiratory diseases and low weight among newborns. One of the major reasons for low weight among newborns in rural India was the continuous exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution, according to doctors. Doctors …
Bioenergy is a major source of energy in developing countries. However, increasing demand for agricultural commodities can lead to a stronger competition for natural resources with the bioenergy production. The nexus among energy, food production and natural resource use may result in trade-offs and synergies. Accordingly, it is important to …
NAINITAL: An NGO in collaboration with various government agencies and border security forces is distributing free solar lanterns and mobile charging stations to households in border areas and remote villages in Uttarakhand which lack power supply. The NGO, Society to Create Awareness Towards Life & Environment, has lit up more …
The Telangana State is poised to take off in a big way in solar power and is determined to generate a whopping 2,000 MW of power through this source, said Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Telangana State New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TNREDCL), C. Srinivas Rao. The government has …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammed said the state could not achieve total electrification due to the proliferation of houses and because of the peculiar geography of the state. There are also impediments in drawing lines through forest areas, he said in the Assembly during the question hour. He said that …
Firewood will remain the cooking fuel for one-third of Indians even after a quarter of a century despite the government's efforts to promote clean energy , exposing millions of women and children to smoke and making them vulnerable to diseases, the International Energy Agency has estimated. About 480 million people, …
The Clean Energy Ministerial's (CEM) Clean Energy Solutions Center released a report on energy and gender issues in the 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The report, which lays the groundwork for the development of the ECOWAS Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access, including advancement of the …
The Government has demanded around Rs 1,200 crore from the Centre to provide electricity connection to nearly three lakh households in the State. “There are 1,09175 households in Kashmir Valley and 1,87169 in Jammu region which are yet to be electrified,” Minister In-charge Power and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal …
Only a fifth of rural households in India have access to an LPG connection and 95% of rural households use some form of traditional fuel for cooking, the largest energy access survey in India has found. Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy released an independent study by the Council …
The Myuru Zilla Panchayat plans to install solar lighting systems in rural areas so that students are not inconvenienced when there are long hours of power cuts. According to ZP president Pushpavathi Amaranath, the ZP has already installed solar lighting systems in over 75 houses in Rangaiahnahalli Hadi in Hunsur …
Science and Technology Minister Pradeep Panigrahy on Thursday informed the Assembly that plans have been made to provide solar power to 257 villages, including 250 in the Tribal Sub-Plan areas, during the current year. “A total of 268 households of seven villages in Shialilati gram panchayat under Gajapati district’s R …
