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 paper presents the results of the Columbia Water Center’s study of the severe groundwater crisis in the Mehsana region of Northern Gujarat, India. The study concludes that the current pattern of groundwater exploitation is both costly for the state and unsustainable for farmers, and could lead to the complete …
The Commission is preparing an Energy Roadmap to 2050 to be adopted by the end of 2011. This Energy Roadmap will follow the Low Carbon Economy Roadmap 2050 adopted by the Commission on 8 March 2011 and focus on decarbonisation in the energy sector. The background to the need to …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is promoting thermo-chemical process based technology package, combustion and gasification power generation systems using locally available biomass resources both in the rural areas and as well as in industrial sectors where surplus biomass such as small wood chips, rice husk, arhar stalks, …
This revolutionary model could save 40 per cent of the world's total energy consumption, believes Isabelle Hasleder, the Austrian who conceptualised the idea.
Experts from Feb. 22: Experts from around the globe gathered in the city to draw a roadmap on how cities should prepare for the climate change. This is a fallout of the Cancun meet where 154 cities with a population of 170 million have agreed to prepare a
The Parikh panel constituted by the Planning Commission a year ago to prepare a strategy for making the country a low carbon emission economy, will submit its report in the first week of March. "The report would focus on four broad areas, including electrical (appliances) efficiency," Parikh said. The other …
As many as 27,000 people live per square kilometre in Mumbai, making the metro one of the densest cities in Asia, as per the Asian Green City Index. The index, commissioned by German firm Siemens, analysed the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect to environmental and …
India has set itself an ambitious target by committing to reduce the energy intensity of its GDP by 20 to 25 per cent by 2020. The promise is entwined with outcome of the recent Cancun climate meet that marked a major shift in burden-sharing in climate mitigation, with developing nations …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of institutions and enunciation of mechanisms and procedures so as to provide for effective conservation and efficient use of energy.
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: The Union ministry of power would be launching a scheme ~ Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) ~ to enhance cost effectiveness in improving industrial energy efficiency under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) from April this year. The scheme is likely to save 9.78 metric …
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. …
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India needs to put in place effective regulatory policies to protect the environment but these should be enforced without bringing back the licence-permit raj. Environmental concerns have blocked or delayed several large projects, including Posco
Producing food and energy side-by-side may offer one of the best formulas for boosting countries' food and energy security while simultaneously reducing poverty according to this new FAO report. Producing food and energy side-by-side may offer one of the best formulas for boosting countries' food and energy security while simultaneously …
London: Energy saving light bulbscould resultin higher breast cancer ratesif used late at night. Abraham Haim, professor of biology at Haifa University in Israel, said that the bluer light that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) emitted, closely mimicked daylight. Buttheflip sideisitdisrupted the body's production of the hormone melatonin more than olderstyle …
North Delhi Power Limited has launched a carbon footprint calculator on its website to create awareness about reducing carbon footprint. The CFC allows one to determine carbon dioxide emissions from everyday activities such as energy consumption at home to vehicular emission from two, three or four-wheelers. Carbon footprint is the …
Dr. Panna Lal Singh, Sr. Scientist, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Bhopal tells us about the solar cocoon dryer, an energy efficient and cost effective technology for the silk industry.
