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 …
Nine months after the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL) first conducted a survey for electrification of seven villages around the Lavasa Lake City, the state government has finally sanctioned Rs3.88 crore to electrify the villages. An additional four villages have also been included in the electrification list. This …
This report by Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century provides an overview of renewable energy worldwide as of early 2011 & shows that the renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, incentive cuts, and low natural-gas prices. Changes in renewable energy markets, investments, industries, …
This report provides a background of the rural energy scenario in India, describing the unmet energy needs, and the policies and regulatory environment as a rationale for the VESP (Village Energy Security Programme). It discusses the program design, its key components, and a detailed analysis of its pilot phase performance …
With non-renewable energy sources in India, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, on the verge of extinction, the need to tap into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy has risen considerably. Although a number of NGOs and individuals have taken the lead, the government
This report finds that only 9 percent of World Bank Group energy sector lending in 2009 and 2010 actually went to support basic energy needs in communities that lacked access to energy. The report also demonstrates that, in India, decentralized renewable energy systems are less expensive than extending the grid …
Increasing the renewable energy share in national energy mix remains one of the major energy policy goals across many economies. This paper assesses the roles and potentials of renewable energy sources in less-developed economies while citing Nepal as an example. Renewable energy has a significant role to play in the …
Maharashtra government has demanded the Planning Commission to grant an environmental bonus for Gadchiroli to develop this region, known for its green cover. "We have demanded environmental bonus for Gadchiroli in our recent meeting with the Planning Commission as the region has 85-87% forest cover, which has hampered development there," …
A strong wind blowing through Umaidpur, West Bengal, shakes the kerosene lamp, disturbing Abhijit Das, 8, at his homework. When it eventually puts out the flame, the Class I pupil of Golbari Primary School waits for his mother to light it once again. Umaidpur is a village without electricity in …
BANDWAN (Purulia), 9 MAY: As you are about to enter the village, you will come across a signboard of the power ministry which states, "this village has been electrified under the Rajib Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana." But, wait till the sun sets and you will get a different picture. Although …
The State Government has decided to permit farmers to install their own transformer for taking new irrigation pump connection and extending the line. The government has taken this novel decision in view of the farmers
With a view to give priority to irrigation in the state, a total of above 38 thousand 387 million units of energy was supplied this year. Last year 35 thousand 565 million units were supplied in the state. Comparing to last year about 2800 million units of more power was …
Ranchi, April 28: The sun will light up on Jari village even after sundown. The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has decided to adopt the native village of war hero Albert Ekka, starting with a solar lighting initiative.
AHMEDABAD: When villagers of Fulsar saw an electric lamp lit in front of them in March this year, it was no less than a film scene straight out of the movie Swades when villagers get a taste of new lifestyle thanks to electricity, not less than 22 years after the …
Indian farming has grown on unmetered electricity that has, over the decades, led to large-scale transmission and distribution losses, theft and corruption. The only way out of this quagmire is a subsidy based on kilowatt hours delivered directly to the farmer using latest information technology, says Mohinder Gulati The woes …
fiscal deficit. Diesel, the largest consumed petro-product in India is also largely used in rural areas for agricultural purposes as well as meeting other energy needs. Cheaply available kerosene is being mixed with diesel and used in place of pure diesel. This is not only causing misuse of subsidized kerosene, …
This paper from Centre for Development Finance (CDF) - IFMR analyzes the product distribution choices available in rural BoP markets to help enterprises evaluate the key drivers of distribution for successful go-to-market strategies. Based on extensive field work with commercial and social enterprises, rural BoP consumers and on rigorous secondary …
It looks like work half done. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a scheme to make India’s rural kitchen smoke-free by using less biofuel in its improved biomass cookstove. But it forgot to formulate a sound marketing strategy and did not factor in the project’s investment cost. …
Fatehabad: Boswal village with a population of over 1,700 persons has become the first village in the district to have adopted compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) for lighting their homes. The village is inhabited by families displaced from Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh at the time of construction of Bhakra Dam. …
