Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
The following questions were raised: (a) the proposal received by Government for Metro and Monorail in the country so far and the estimated cost of each project, project and State-wise; (b) the proposals cleared and funds sanctioned and released during the last three years, project and State-wise along with the …
After more than 10 years of debate, the European Parliament has today (28 April) agreed new laws to limit the use of crop-based biofuels across the continent. The new rules effectively limit the use of biofuels in the transport sector at 7%, which count towards the 10% renewable energy target …
The Abbott government has poured cold water on ambitious climate change targets recommended by the Climate Change Authority, saying they would put an undue burden on Australia. Responding to a report published on Wednesday by the independent authority, which recommended a 30 per cent reduction in emissions on 2000 levels …
Debates on emissions and climate change are dominated by inter-country inequalities, usually ignoring within-country inequalities. In this paper, we address the question of carbon space sharing in India across different classes after economic reforms were introduced in 1991. We establish using household consumption surveys that the elites in India are …
A new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says the projects funded by the World Bank have over the past decade physically or economically displaced 3.4 million people globally. The story is no different for India, but World Bank India claimed the projects cleared by it followed …
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri g. M. Siddeshwara informed the Parliament that a scheme, namely ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India – FAME India’ has been launched by the Department of Heavy Industry for the initial period …
The primary objectives of this paper are to explore methods for testing and certifying the fuel efficiency of HDVs and vehicle components in the established and emerging regulatory programs around the world and the implications for India, as policymakers there deliberate establishing a performance standard of their own. In the …
For every day that the opening of Chennai metro rail is de layed, the city is paying a price - a huge price in terms of public health. While the original deadline to open the initial 10km stretch between Koyambedu and Alandur was December 2013, a year and half have …
The eco-friendly e-rickshaws will now ply as a legal mode of transport on city roads. For the public, it means another option for commuting besides auto-rickshaws, tempos and buses. Though battery-powered e-rickshaws were already plying on many routes, they were considered unauthorised as they were not registered with the regional …
Road, accident, accident-prone, road to railway station, pedestrians, chandigarh news, city news, locla news, chandigarh newslineThe main road leading to the railway station is the most accident-prone area for apedestrian where nine peopledied from 2010 to 2014, according to the UT Traffic Police’s road accident analysis wing. This is followed …
The European Union reached a tentative deal on Wednesday on a 7 percent limit on how much crop-based biofuel can be used in the transport sector, EU sources said. The agreement on a legal text, thrashed out by representatives of the European Commission, the parliament and member states follows years …
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell for the first time in three years in 2014, helped by a mild winter and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the environment ministry said on Tuesday. CO2 emissions declined by more than 41 million tonnes last year, equivalent to a drop of 4.3 …
Apparently worried about the possibility of strong public reaction, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has watered down the penalties it had originally proposed in the Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill. Sources in the ministry said that the decision to water down the penalties in the Bill have been …
It is widely accepted that the costs of underpricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the external effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two important sectors—transport and agriculture—in two countries …
Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create jobs, increase human capital, decrease poverty, and expand opportunities and improve living conditions for millions of Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been momentous, but it is not unique: a similar …
The main objective of this study was to review existing private climate finance flows in India with the primary focus to analyse current barriers and the potential for the private sector to scale up investment. The main findings cover: Estimates of private finance flows by type of institution, financial instruments …
The UK transport industry must embrace biofuels if it is to meet EU decarbonisation targets, a Government-backed report has claimed. The Transport Energy Task Force concluded that there is a 'clear role for biofuels' in UK transport despite the increasing popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles. The report added that …
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed the transport department to dismantle controversial Bus Rapid Transit corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand. The city government has also sought the report from the transport department and experts about the total expenditure incurred on this project and what were other alternatives available …
It took a government with a huge majority to finally wind up the controversial BRT corridor.The debate over utility of the stretch in south Delhi has remained mostly stuck to “rich car owner versus poor bus commuter“ framework, despite studies showing how the corridor created traffic bottlenecks for every category …
