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 …
MADURAI: T. Kallupatti, 50 km from here, may appear yet another sleepy small town in the State. But what is less known is that it is one of the four town panchayats identified for a pilot project for biomass power. At T. Kallupatti, 35 street lights, seven sodium vapour lamps …
In a joint initiative undertaken by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, green buildings will now be rated on a national scale called Griha. The ratings, according to sources, will be launched in a month
India has had mixed results with its solar programme. The government is now gearing up to launch several mega schemes to harness this abundant source. The solar mission aims to do exactly that. Industry has also shown interest in tapping this energy source of the future. Technology and financing, though, …
TIRUCHI: Tiruchi district, with a little more than 50 per cent of its population in rural areas, has only 245 solar streetlights and 50 solar homelights in the villages. To achieve even this level of penetration of solar-powered gadgets, it took five years (2002-2007). According to an official of the …
Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest challenge by all the nations, government, business and citizens of the globe. The threats of climate change on our green planet
Millions of rural Indians have never experienced how electricity can change their lives. So, their life grinds to a halt as soon as the sun sets. But providing power to the villages would mean more coal-burning by power plants that already emit more than 50 per cent of India
Cultivation of jatropha, a plant used to produce environmentally -friendly biofuels, using seeds may be banned under a proposal being considered by the government because of concerns over crop yields, officials say. A ban will impact plans of public sector oil companies such as Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum …
Agartala, Nov 5: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has agreed to provide financial support to 8,719 remote villages of 10 states, including 1,704 hamlets in the Northeast in the current fiscal. State Science and Technology Minister Joy Gobinda Debroy told UNI here today that the ministry will support …
New Delhi: The Centre is back to the drawing board on the national bio-fuel policy, with warnings emerging that it had jumped the gun by paving the way for commercial expansion of the alternative fuel without plugging the techno-economic gaps in the largely untested sector through an experimental phase. Even …
IWTMA seeks changes in the Generation Based Incentive to attract fresh investments into the wind energy sector Everyone is for it. The investors want it for viability. Turbine manufacturers want it to expand market. The government too wants it for augmenting power supply. To grow and flourish, the wind energy …
BS Reporter / Chennai October 16, 2008, 17:44 IST The central government is planning to remove the incentive cap in wind energy which is currently restricted to projects up to 49mw. The government decision is to encourage more foreign investors to invest in various wind energy projects, according to a …
CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed a law to promote the use of renewable energy, Deepak Gupta, Secretary of the Ministry, said Thursday. The Ministry has appointed a consultant to prepare a draft law, and the consultant
Latha Jishnu Unlike the rest of the world, India has yet to wake up to solar energy's potential. Amazing things have been happening with the sun. Across continents, its energy is being harnessed
Sushmi Dey & G Ganapathy Subramaniam NEW DELHI THE GOVERNMENT has decided not to encourage biofuels at the cost of foodgrain production. While a policy for biofuels has been cleared last week and targets have been set to step up diesel blending, senior government officials are of the view that …
India is witnessing an increasing demand for energy in its rapidly expanding economy and is making large investments in exploration, fuel production, generation, transmission and distribution of power and in setting up a grid infrastructure. However, gender-based empowerment, the needs of women and their access to and control over energy …
