This report summarizes the findings of a review aimed at understanding emerging approaches to energy subsidy reform, discerning trends, and identifying major strands of thinking and research in the field, as reflected in major policy and academic journals relevant to the subject. The review was initiated in early 2020 as …
The govt has earmarked Rs 1,34,835 crore as food subsidy for 2016-17 The Centre has released Rs 25,834 crore as food subsidy to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which will help in smooth procurement and distribution of grains, the food ministry said on Tuesday. The government has earmarked Rs …
Unsustainable budgetary cost of selling oil, gas, and coal at low prices has propelled energy subsidy reform in developing Asian economies. This report measures the size of associated subsidies on these fossil fuels including direct transfers, tax exemptions, subsidized credit, and losses of state enterprises in India, Indonesia, and Thailand. …
Rooftop solar has significant potential to contribute to India’s renewable energy targets and energy security. The Government’s target of 40 GW of solar rooftop capacity by 2022 has injected increased ambition into the sector. The 40 GW target requires 86% growth each year which is faster than the growth in …
The state government is making all efforts to promote solar power energy in Punjab. There is a subsidy up to 30 per cent for institutional and domestic users. However, industrialists suffered a setback with the Central Government withdrawing the subsidy for industrial and commercial users. Industrialists feel to boost the …
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, a central government scheme of subsidies for low-income housing, is singularly unimaginative and poorly thought-through. It is unlikely to deliver worthwhile results. The promised funds could be far more effectively deployed if used differently. This article examines the scheme's deficiencies and suggests options that should …
Opposition questions govt's intent to make it a 'money bill' Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday introduced the Aadhaar Bill in the Lok Sabha with Opposition members objecting to the government’s intent to categorise it as a money …
PANJIM: Goa Coconut Farmers Association welcomed the notification through which the coconut tree has been excluded from the list of forest trees as it will facilitate farmers to cut diseased and unproductive coconut trees without any bureaucrat delay. A delegation led by Chairman Subhash Prabhudessai called on Chief Minister Laxmikant …
A Bill to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters connected therewith …
Beijing has raised the subsidy for coal bed methane (cbm) production by half from this year to 2020 in a move to encourage exploration and production of the cleaner-burning fuel as part of its air pollution control initiatives. The subsidy for each cubic metre of cbm – natural gas trapped …
The 2016 World Energy Issues Monitor: A climate of innovation – responding to the commodity price storm, samples the views of CEOs, Ministers and experts from across the globe to highlight the critical uncertainties facing the sector. The aim of this report is to ensure that energy leaders across the …
This study examines the agricultural policies and strategies that have influenced agricultural development in Mozambique, the support structures that have been put in place, and the realities and challenges of their implementation. It was found that key stakeholders understand the concept of sustainable agriculture, that the most important contributing components …
A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Economic Survey 2015–16 reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the …
The Telangana State New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TNREDCL) has decided to install 10,000 solar PV water pump systems in the State by the year-end. According to Managing Director of the corporation C. Srinivas Rao, the programme was being implemented with subsidy from Ministry of New and Renewable …
Water management requires multiple levels of policy action. The problem is not a shortage of water, but the absence of proper mechanisms for its augmentation, conservation, distribution, and effi cient use. Water management should be given number one priority in agricultural policy, particularly to prevent drought, minimise the risks due …
A London-exclusive feed-in tariff (FiT) subsidy scheme and a new solar taskforce are among the new approaches to renewable energy generation that should be taken by the next Mayor of London, a new report from Greenpeace has claimed. Greenpeace has urged all mayoral candidates to increase London's solar output tenfold …
Buses to be replaced by March 2021; buses with seating capacity of 37 and above to be eligible for replacement scheme subsidy PANJIM: The State government on Thursday ordered the scrapping of all private and government (KTCL) owned buses older than 15 years in a phased manner starting from March …
After yellow rust, the attack by brown plant hopper on wheat plants has increased the worries of the farming community in the district. Farmers Manpreet Singh and Nachatar Singh of Kalewal village told the Tribune here today that they had taken 18 acres on contract for agriculture. They said that …
With the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, the United States farm subsidies had moved towards income support, reducing spending on price support measures. The explicit reason was that the WTO had held that the latter forms were more market distorting and had thus put limits on their …
CM set to bring modifications to reduce solar power cost to make it farmer-friendly. Maharashtra is looking at attracting investments worth Rs 50,000 crore to boost its solar energy project, which it will promote at the Make in India Week. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held discussions with Union Power Minister …
Says civic body itself should implement the project through a tender process. Raising objections over appointing a private agency allegedly recommended by the BJP-led central government to implement the project to generate solar power by installing solar panels on the roof of civic buildings, corporators in the Pune Municipal Corporation …
