The Congress alleged that owing to indiscreet decision of Chief Minister Raman Singh, BJP Government in the State has exhausted over Rs 1,000 crore of tax payer's money for producing diesel from jatropha but the scheme is completely failed to yield its desired result. In a Press statement here on …
The Congress alleged that owing to indiscreet decision of Chief Minister Raman Singh, BJP Government in the State has exhausted over Rs 1,000 crore of tax payer's money for producing diesel from jatropha but the scheme is completely failed to yield its desired result. In a Press statement here on …
Land meant for food crops being used to grow biofuel crops; may push up food prices by 36 per cent by 2020. The European Union’s biofuel production targets are depriving people of food, land and water across the world. Increasing biofuel production is one of the measures taken to reduce …
The Planning Commission hailed it as a future fuel and the industry projected it as a viable biofuel crop. But the Union Rural Development Ministry led by Jairam Ramesh feels otherwise. Citing negative reports, the Ministry has put on hold the Jatropha plantation programme for biofuel purpose. It has thus …
A maroon car, powered by fuel obtained from photosynthetic microorganisms, was flagged off for a test run by Union minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Vilasrao Deshmukh in New Delhi on March 30. The event brings alternative fuels from microorganisms closer to reality. With fossil fuels set to …
The oil seed has burnt farmers and investors alike Money may not grow on trees, but for a time it appeared to grow on bushes – specifically, a tropical shrub called jatropha curcas. Over the past decade, jatropha was planted on millions of acres across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa after …
Anti-trust watchdog sees pacts between oil marketing companies and petroleum ministry holding back bio-diesel industry growth The antitrust watchdog will launch its own probe into whether the petroleum ministry and state-run oil marketing companies have suppressed the market for bio-diesel, over-riding a report on the contrary by the Director-General of …
The Assam government has drafted an ambitious plan to introduce cultivation of jatropha (Jatropha curcas ) to help farmers boost their income, and also to produce bio-diesel. The state agriculture department last week organised a day-long training workshop for farmers and NGOs working in rural areas to popularise the crop. …
The Western and Central railways have decided to go green in order to reduce its carbon footprint. They have been planting saplings of jatropha, a major source of bio-diesel, on pilot basis. ''Running trains on bio-fuel will help cut down the cost of operations and also cause less pollution. We …
The railways are trying out several experiments to be environment friendly. While Central Railway (CR) has begun the process of installation of solar-powered illumination at level crossings along its sections, Western Railway (WR) is one of the first railways to run a train on bio-diesel. Both these railways have several …
Praveen Kumar SinghNew Delhi: Indian Railways has planned to set up four bio-diesel plants to reduce its carbon footprint and take forward its experiment with non-conventional form of energy. It is already planting saplings of jatropha, one of the sources of bio-diesel, on pilot basis in partnership with Indian Oil …
Viveat Susan Pinto & Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai July 13, 2010, 0:37 IST Aditya Agarwal, director of Emami Ltd, has his hands full these days. Besides managing operations at the Kolkata-based company, he has to oversee work at sister concern Emami Biotech
IJCCI to work in tandem to tackle global warming, climate management CHENNAI: Japanese firms are coming to India to set up bio-fuel plants and others will collaborate with Indian firms in the area of sustainable energy development, said Kazuo Minagawa, Japan Counsel General in Chennai on Friday. Delivering the inaugural …
Dilip Kumar Jha & Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 27, 2010, 0:16 IST Big investments by industry stuck due to lack of work on jatropha seeds, support It was supposed to replace a fifth of India
Japanese firm's India arm to set up biofuel plant. R. Balaji Allied Carbon Solutions of Japan, a biofuel company with a multinational presence, has launched a contract farming programme for jatropha cultivation in South India. The company's Indian subsidiary, ACS Alternative Fuels Pvt Ltd will set up a jatropha oil …
Richa Mishra A price of Rs 36 a litre for biodiesel from jatropha has been suggested by the industry to ensure sustainable growth of the domestic biodiesel sector. This price would be lower than the current diesel retail price as biodiesel enjoys a tax exemption. The basis of the biodiesel …
AUTO major General Motors is working towards developing frost tolerant varieties of jatropha for the US market. Having successfully tested bio-diesel made out of jatropha in India, GM has entered into a five-year partnership with Bhavnagar-based Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) and the US Department of Energy …
The biofuel industry is finding it tough to remain in business, with both government pricing and raw material availability working against them. The government, on its part, has launched a massive programme to develop high-yielding varieties of jatropha, a plant that can grow in wastelands across India, to meet the …