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 …
On december 2, the Union ministry for new and renewable energy (mnre) launched a programme to provide efficient cooking stoves to the rural and urban poor. These stoves burn wood and coal more efficiently and reduce smoke. Their use is expected to improve the health of women and children. Stoves …
New Delhi: The international climate agenda may have collapsed but India is moving full steam on the domestic front. By the end of this year, the government is on way to selling 6 crore CFL bulbs at the heavily subsidized price of Rs 15
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi January 11, 2010, 0:31 IST Large savings possible from efficient agri pumps The potential electricity saving in the Indian economy is large enough to wipe out the energy deficit. This is shown by a recent study on electricity conservation potential in the country, commissioned by …
Q&A;: Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency Vandana Gombar / New Delhi January 08, 2010, 0:45 IST Ajay MathurAjay Mathur has brought in about 4,000 Mw into the electricity grid so far, which is equal to one ultra mega power plant costing about Rs 20,000 crore
Despite the Copenhagen chill, there are heart-warming tidings for the Punjab industrialists running green projects or planning to set up one. The state government plans to start a consultancy to offer services on no-profit-no-loss basis to companies intending to gain from carbon credits. Executive Director of the Punjab State Council …
Group Takes Steps To Cut Carbon Emission Across Companies, Value Chain Mumbai: If globalisation was the driving factor for Tata Group in the last decade, going green may well be the buzzword for the present one. From being on the fringe, the green movement is gaining momentum within the group. …
By distributing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 16.5 lakh households, Himachal Pradesh conserved about 270 million units of energy worth Rs 1 billion (Rs 100 crore) in a year. Under the scheme, Atal Bijli Bachat Yojana, named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a pack of four CFLs were …
BY DISTRIBUTING compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 16.5 lakh households, Himachal Pradesh conserved about 270 million units of energy worth Rs 100 crore in a year. Under the scheme, Atal Bijli Bachat Yojana, named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a pack of four CFLs were provided each to …
Govt Wants Projects To Use Energy-Efficient Technology Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is likely to make the energy efficient supercritical technology mandatory for all future power projects as part of its efforts to contribute significantly towards global efforts to contain emission of greenhouse gases. According to a power ministry …
All nations have to move to a low greenhouse gas emissions and energy-efficient development path The Copenhagen meet made "limited progress" and no one was satisfied with the outcome, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday, while observing that taking the path of low greenhouse gas emissions was the only …
Our Bureau NEW DELHI IT started with an idea that struck a veteran professional of 54, barely six years away from retirement. Darbari Seth had spent a lifetime in one of the most polluting of industries
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is a dual purpose mechanism aiming to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable development. However the CDM, as a market mechanism, seems incapable of fulfilling this latter purpose. Bui lding on the dichotomy between market liberalism and sustainable development as identified …
The first national executive meeting of the CII India Green Business Council was in the recesses of the Lonavala hills in Maharashtra. For the businessmen present here was an opportunity not only to reduce the pressure on the planet
Meeting internationally discussed targets for limiting atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and associated increases in global average temperatures will require a major departure from business as usual in how the world uses and produces energy. This report recommends a U.S. policy goal stated in terms of a budget for cumulative greenhouse …
