Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In its bid for the ‘smart city’ tag, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)’s solar project is gathering momentum. The civic body will inaugurate the Solar Roof Top Power Project on Tuesday at a government school in its area. The council has also initiated a policy under which households can …
Plans to install 15,000 MW of solar power in next five years may become unviable with states being reluctant to buy costlier clean energy Reluctance on part of states to buy expensive clean energy has put a question mark on the feasibility of the country's biggest power generator NTPC's plans …
The state government has set an ambitious target to generate 14,400 MW from the non-conventional energy sector. A policy in this regard will be unveiled soon. This will be a manifold increase from the 2,500 MW renewable energy target in the previous policy, which was approved in 2008. Energy minister …
While the government wants to generate 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022, it is yet to seriously implement steps to meet production and transmission targets The ministry of new and renewable energy set a target of adding 1,100 Mw of solar power capacity in 2014-15. The ministry's website puts …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked all states to come out with a solar policy, a move that will help the Centre meet its clean energy target. "The Ministry has requested all states to come out with solar policy. A draft model solar energy policy has …
Public sector banks have made ‘green lending’ commitments totalling ₹1,70,740 crore to help stakeholders put up renewable energy projects over the next five years. At an average project cost of ₹5 crore per megawatt (MW), green energy generation in the country is expected to increase by 34,148 MW during this …
Groundwater ha s emerged as the mainstay of irrigated agriculture in India. However, ineffective institutional arrangements for its management have resulted in both groundwater over-exploitation and wasteful use of energy. To address the dependence of groundwater use on energy, suggestions have been made to adopt solar-powered irrigation pumps. It is …
The Budget proposals for 2015-16 has no strategy in place to address green concerns, the Centre of Science and Environment (CSE) said, adding that the only “green initiative” of the Narendra Modi government is the increase in cess on coal - from Rs. 100 to Rs200/tonne - which is inadequate …
The state has not been able to showcase concrete work on Centre's ambitious plan to convert select five Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa into solar cities in three years of time. The plan, aiming at reducing conventional energy use by 10% by switching to non-conventional sources of power and …
The power sector is hoping in Budget 2015-16 the government will announce steps to improve the investment environment for private companies. The clean energy sector, which has been set steep targets, is looking for more government funding. In Budget 2014-15, the government had announced several schemes for strengthening the power …
Can Do Away With VAT On Devices, Batteries, Say Experts PM Narendra Modi may have taken a dig at AAP over its free electricity promise, but one sector where both the Arvind Kejriwal government and the Centre are focused on is solar power.While AAP's poll manifesto has details about its …
Chhattisgarh has bagged a National Award as the best performing State by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Renewable Energy segment. Chhattisgarh Principal Secretary, Energy Department Aman Kumar Singh received the award from the Prime Minister during the Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet (RE-Invest) held at Vigyan Bhavan in New …
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday promised investors in green energy of speedy clearances and exemptions for quick execution of projects. Addressing the inaugural session of the Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet and Expo (Reinvest) organised by the Power Ministry in New Delhi, Mr. Naidu said his government’s commitment …
Amid the political debate over dilution of the law on acquiring land for industrial units or other projects, the renewable energy ministry has "cracked the code" for overcoming any opposition from the local population to setting up of big solar power projects. The ministry is working on a policy to …
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has commissioned a five–MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will be the biggest and the first of its kind in northeast India. "We started generation of power from the solar power plant from Wednesday. The full (5–MW) commercial generation would start …
The vision of the scheme is established India as a global leader in Geo-thermal power by deployment of Geo-thermal energy capacity of 1000 MWth in the initial phase till 2022. The scheme is to focus on assess the potential of geothermal resources in the country and promoting RDD&D; projects of …
This is the Draft Guidelines for Implementation of Scheme for setting up of 2000 MW Grid-connected Solar PV Power Projects under JNNSM, Batch-III-Tranche-I “State Specific VGF Scheme” . The Scope of these Guidelines is to provide the necessary policy framework and mechanism for selection and implementation of 2000 MW Grid-connected …
As the euphoria around US President Barack Obama's visit ebbs, the fine print of the investment announcements reveal a financial boost for American solar energy companies to increase their exports to India. Of the investments announced by the US federal agencies in the clean energy space, most are institutional loan …
The government is betting on 50,000 youths to implement a part of its ambitious plan of achieving 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022. The nodal ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is drafting a Cabinet note that will lay down the contours of engaging a battery of young …
The government’s ambitious plan of achieving 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022 has managed to enthuse foreign financial institutions to commit nearly $5 billion so far to the country’s solar mission. German bank Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) has turned out to be the biggest lender with a commitment of …
