Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
This document says that climate change poses two fundamental challenges for the transport sector: transport will have to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and it will require investment in order to adapt to impacts of climate change. The scale and scope of emission reductions sought by policy makers are …
Under the Bali action plan, developing countries are required to take Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions with financial and technical assistance. In the climate change negotiations India, as the articulate leader of the G77 group of 77 developing countries is seen as an obstacle as it refuses to accept any verifiable …
The government is in the final stage of notifying the fuel efficiency standards for automobile sector in the country which will be enforced from 2011, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.
NEW DELHI: The Central Government may reduce import duty on hybrid vehicles to promote use of eco-friendly cars and help carmakers introduce more such vehicles in India, Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said here on Monday.
Deterrent against manufacture of guzzlers. Arun S Anil Sasi New Delhi, Nov. 20 It could soon be a tough road ahead for vehicles with low fuel efficiency. The Government is considering a proposal to introduce a new tax on such vehicles to ensure that they are phased out. This tax …
New Delhi: Fuel worth Rs 100-150 crore is wasted on highways annually due to inter-state and intra-state checkpost delays and elaborate checking of documents, a recent study by logistics major Transport Corporation of India (TCI) and IIM-Calcutta has found. The joint study also claimed bad road condition resulted in reduction …
It is hard to implement a policy which is good for both environment and economy. But Delhi has achieved just that. In a review of the best environmental and economic policies in the world
The International Air Transport Industry Association has sharply criticised European Union plans to include airlines in its emissions trading system, warning that the measures actually threaten efforts to cut carbon emissions. Giovanni Bisignani, Iata's chief executive, said forcing airlines to buy carbon emissions permits for flights to and from Europe …
Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has registered an improvement in fuel efficiency and brought down the breakdown rate of its buses attached to Coimbatore region this year vis-a-vis last year, according to TNSTC General Manager (Coimbatore region) K. Chandramouli. He told The Hindu here that average fuel …
Jam-bred wastage Rs 10 crore worth fuel wasted every day Rs 1.5 crore subsidy lost to exchequer 1.6 litres fuel lost to jam by each vehicle daily The Capital
The world's airlines have agreed to new fuel efficiency and carbon emission targets which go much further than the levels required through regulation, an industry group said on Saturday. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 230 airlines, said that carriers, airports and aerospace firms had pledged to improve …
Exports Fall As Scrappage Schemes In Europe Set To Lapse By Year-End EXPORTS by Indian small-car producers such as Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor have started shrinking as scrappage schemes in various European markets are set to lapse by the year-end. These big automakers saw their exports shoot up 35-40% …
There is potential scope for light weight materials in passenger buses to improve fuel economy. NVH aspects, emission to meet future norms. A study was conducted to identify components for which light weight materials such as High Strength Low Alloy Steels (HSLA), Aluminium Alloys, plastics and composites can replace in …
THE government, which is one of the biggest consumers of goods and services, has finally decided to join the green cause. The Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D;), the government
SMALL and isolated patches of coal reserves will now be offered to fuel starved local industries such as small power plants, cement and steel units, and brick making facilities without going through the lengthy allocation process. The government is finalising new policy guidelines for `allocation of isolated small pockets of …
US Ambassador James F Moriarty in a statement said the nations of the world are working hard right now to negotiate a new international agreement to combat the impacts of climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. In Bangladesh, he said, the US government is promoting …
Major developing nations have announced steps over the past year to curb their growing greenhouse emissions as the world tries to negotiate a broader, and tougher, U.N. pact to slow the pace of climate change. Rich nations have demanded China, India, Brazil and others to set binding emissions reduction targets …
Large-scale adoption of electric cars will not take place in the domestic market for at least 10 years, according to a global manufacturing industry group report released today by global consulting firm Deloitte. The reason: Large gas reserves found in locations like the Krishna-Godavari basin make CNG (compressed natural gas)
