CFL producers like Philips Lighting, Havells, Surya and the Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers' Association challenged the rules which was notified on March 23. The Centre claimed on Monday before Delhi High Court that manufacturers of CFL bulbs, mostly multinational firms, do not want to adhere to the new e-waste …
There are various reasons behind shortage of power including unmindful consumption of energy. Therefore, it is the crying need of the hour and responsibility of everyone to save power. Most of the sources of power generation are dependent on nature's bounty and it is difficult to guess as to what …
The PSEB is planning to extend cash rewards to the panchayats of those villages that have achieved full conversion to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). At the same time, the board is likely to give a little relaxation in time to over 10 lakh farmers, who have been told to switch …
Kathewadi village in Baramati taluka, hometown of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Pune district, will soon become the only village in Pune to switch over to compact flourescent lamps (CFL). In two months time, the entire village will do away with the sodium vapour lamps and tubelights and switch over …
The public sector power distribution companies in Rajasthan have formulated a plan to popularise the use of energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for both domestic and commercial purposes and generate public awareness to save electricity through environment-friendly methods. Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam will shortly sign an agreement with a manufacturer …
On the occasion of World Earth Day, which was celebrated recently, Big 92.7 FM addressed key issues concerning the environment while increasing awareness on matters of global concern such as fuel conservation, water conservation, global warming, etc In an effort to increase awareness, Big 92.7 FM held a massive signature …
Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal warned today that water scarcity and other environment-related problems were bound to get aggravated unless effective steps were taken to reverse the process of global warming and asserted that the Centre must compensate the hill states that were playing a vital role in reducing greenhouse gases by …
Chandigarh In the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana, power cuts have been the order of the day for years. This, in turn, has affected economic development in these states. While the two states have decided to spend almost one-third of their five-year Plan for 2007-12 on power projects, they …
Scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs are focusing on ways to help the environment. Some of our favorite ideas. If Wes Jackson, founder and president of the Land Institute in Salina, Kans., has one complaint, it's what he calls "our deficit spending of the Earth's ecological capital," from oil and minerals to …
Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) in the Government of India constituted a Task Force, under the chairmanship of Sh. R H Khwaja, Additional Secretary in MoEF; in August, 2007 in view of the exigency for ensuring environmentally sound disposal of the used mercury-bearing lamps, particularly, with the exponential rise …
With creating awareness of environment among people, the Delhi Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, today exhorted them to come forward to preserve and conserve environment of the earth planet. She further exhorted them to make rational use of natural resources to ensure better future. She said that her government would …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today exhorted the residents to make rational use of water and electricity .The use of recycled water for gardening would go a long way in saving drinking water. The water-harvesting scheme would be introduced in 205 schools and an amount of Rs.40 crore has been …
Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park jointly organised a function to celebrate the Earth Day today in the Capital. Issues like
The prevailing confusion over environmental safety of the compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) came into sharp focus in Rajya Sabha on Monday. In reply to a question during the Question Hour, power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government has appointed a task force for studying steps for safe management …
Just three days after Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal launched the Rs 80-crore energy saving scheme, designed to provide free compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to all domestic consumers, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board has called the country's top CFL manufacturers to work out modalities for the scheme's implementation. A meeting …
India is fast waking up to use of energy-efficient lighting. Ever mounting power consumption with demand outstripping supply every year has further made it essential. Time is not far when conventional light bulbs will either see a production ban or their use declared illegal. So save and keep one safe …
In what comes as good news for those rallying for energy conservation, the government has announced a tax cut on compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and BIS certified or BEE star rated electronic chokes. Value Added Tax has been brought down from 12.5% to 4%. However, that amounts to a reduction …
A few months away from elections and hurtling towards the Commonwealth games deadline of 2010, the Delhi government has in its 2008-09 Budget made an unprecedented 41% hike in the allocation for the transport sector
For promoting usage of energy saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) in the country, leading lamp manufacturer Osram will distribute more than 2 million CFL units to poor families in Mahrashtra, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh. A unit of CFL will cost around Rs 10- 15 while actual cost of the unit …
Across the world, consumers are being urged to stop buying dated incandescent light bulbs and switch to new spiral fluorescent bulbs, which use about 25 percent of the energy and last 10 times longer. In Britain, there is a Ban the Bulb movement. China is encouraging the change. And the …
If households in Delhi replace four ordinary bulbs with four compact fluorescent lamps (cfls), their annual savings would be around Rs 273 crore. Startling figure. The highly energy inefficient incandescent light bulb is on its way out. Replacing it is the new-generation and more energy-efficient cfl (see box: Energy efficient). …
