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 …
Solar energy will be given a major priority in the budget for the next fiscal year, with the National Planning Commission (NPC) proposing a number of initiatives in the sector. According to NPC officials, the budget is expected to announce interest subsidy on bank loans taken to install solar plants …
Insurers are developing plans to protect investors in solar and wind power projects against the sudden withdrawal of crucial state subsidies that have battered the European renewable energy industry. Willis, the world’s third largest insurance broker, is in advanced discussions with insurers including at Lloyd’s of London to put together …
India has toughened its stance at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the slow progress of food security agreement reached at the Bali ministerial in December last year, making it clear at a crucial meeting in Geneva that the country will move forward on the trade facilitation agreement only when …
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that the state government would construct one lakh houses for economically weaker sections in the next three years. He asked the Centre to form state-specific schemes and create special funds to facilitate such efforts of state governments. Participating in the “Housing …
Australia, this year's G20 chair, sees little consensus among the Group of 20 leading economies to take major new steps on climate change, senior official Heather Smith said on Wednesday. Smith, the personal representative or G20 sherpa of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is helping shape the agenda for November's …
Sweden's renewable energy support scheme is compatible with European Union law, the EU's top court said on Tuesday, in a ruling that means member states will avoid a radical overhaul of their renewable energy laws. The EU's Court of Justice (ECJ) said the ruling meant EU member states can continue …
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench was flabbergasted on Tuesday when it was told that no subsidy on food items has ever been extended to the neediest segments of Balochistan since the year 2009. This is not all. Not a single fair price shop exists outside Quetta city to ensure the …
At least 70 jobs to be created as Norway's state-controlled Statoil and Statkraft prepare to invest in 67-turbine Dudgeon project with the Government's help Two Norwegian state-controlled energy companies are in line to receive £1.6bn in subsidies from UK consumers, after deciding to invest £1.5bn in building a wind farm …
To benefit the poor under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, the Department of Food, Supplies and Consumer Affairs has started adding new people to the food security net. The department has included 4,15,422 more people belonging to 1.20 lakh households for providing food security benefits, said Commissioner, Food …
The European Union’s top court backed Sweden’s refusal to subsidize a Finnish wind farm in a ruling that supports the EU’s current system where a government usually pays for power projects only in its own country. Sweden’s Energy Agency was justified to refuse aid to Finnish power producer Aalands Vindkraft …
Fears that renewable heat incentive hailed as 'first of its kind in the world' will repeat slow take-up of green deal scheme The much-delayed government scheme to encourage Britons to switch to low-carbon heating has helped just 79 homes install renewable heat technologies in the two months since it launched, …
Each year, the U.S. federal and state governments give away more than $21 billion in subsidies to oil, gas, and coal companies to promote increased fossil fuel production and exploration – expanding oil and gas development and increasing the reserves base at the same time that climate scientists around the …
This paper aims to provide a review of the organisations and governments involved in supporting other countries to reform their fossil fuel subsidies and the approaches being undertaken. It builds a comprehensive understanding of which actors are working in the area of FFSR, what in-country advice and technical assistance is …
Annual bill for consumers to subsidise renewable technologies has soared to more than £2.5bn as more plants are built and the cost for each unit of electricity rises The cost of generating green electricity has hit a record high as subsidies are handed to expensive offshore wind farms and household …
The Centre on Thursday extended by three months the deadline by which States should roll out the National Food Security Act that provides for distribution of concessional foodgrains to 75 per cent of identified beneficiaries. Under the Act, States were given time till July 4 to implement the Act but …
The Akhilesh Yadav government has finally facilitated the implementation of the National Food Security Act 2013 in the state; a law which it had opposed tooth and nail when it was implemented. Presiding over a cabinet meeting, Yadav yesterday approved the criteria for selection of beneficiaries who would get food …
The Department of Food and Civil Supply is all set to implement the National Food Security Scheme (NFSS) from July 1. Around 96 per cent out of a total of 10, 83, 978 new ration cards have been distributed among intended beneficiaries of the NFSS in the State, said State …
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would push back decisively against the European Commission if it raises further objections to Germany's system of green power subsidies. "You can't simply start to question support systems which have been in place for years without thinking about how we make the transition. …
Powerloom weavers in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts have sought 50 per cent subsidy to go in for solar power. The association has appealed to the Union Government to increase the subsidy from the existing 30 per cent as the weavers do not have the financial resources to go in for …
