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Kotak to launch $300 m infra fundBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 11, 2011
The Kotak Mahindra Group on Thursday announced that it is seeking to raise private equity funds of about $300 million from both domestic and international investors to invest in infrastructure projects in India. The fund will invest primarily in power generation, transmission... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , The Kotak Mahindra Group |
Panel suggests 15% increase in urban development fundingBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 10, 2011
The government needs to scale up urban development funding by at least 15% per annum in the 12th Plan (2011-17) to meet the challenges of rapid urbanisation in the country, an expert committee has said. Citing the need for an investment of 32.4 lakh crore over a period... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Technology |
EU plan to double energy efficiency by 2020By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 9, 2011
The European Union needs to double its efforts to boost energy efficiency in order to cut greenhouse gases, partly by producing better household appliances, renovating public buildings and private homes, and driving improved cars, the EU executive said in a plan adopted... Read more.. |
Gadkari, Meghe bat for biofuelsBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 7, 2011
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari and Congress MP, Datta Meghe, have launched a drive to promote biofuels in Vidarbha. They have prepared a charter of demands that will be presented to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The two leaders feel that in view of rising crude... Read more.. |
We have to create world class institutions with a soul: Mukesh AmbaniBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 3, 2011
Amid the debate over making it mandatory for companies to spend at least 2 per cent of profits on CSR activities, RIL Chairman and India's wealthiest person Mukesh Ambani today suggested improving corporate social responsibility to Continuous Social Business. "... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business |
Rupert Murdoch: News Corp Is Carbon NeutralBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 2, 2011
The corporate parent of Fox News, the cable network most closely associated with denying the dangers of climate change, has achieved its goal of becoming carbon neutral three years after making the commitment, its top executive, Rupert Murdoch, announced in a letter to... Read more.. |
Big push to green technology in automobile sectorBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2011
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget proposals for 2011-12 laid special focus on promoting green and clean technology for the fast-growing Indian automobile sector. He not only announced tax sops to promote environment-friendly vehicles but also... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Technology |
Loans under JNNSM at 5% not violation of base rate norms: RBIBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2011
The Reserve Bank today said banks financing power generation equipment under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) at a concessional 5 per cent interest rate is not violation of norms. |
Posco and LanzaTech to Collaborate on Renewable EnergyBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2011
LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with Posco : , one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementation of its gas fermentation technology to convert the steel maker’s flue gases to ethanol and other value added products. Posco... Read more.. |
MHI and Gujarat State of India Sign MOU Reaching Agreement in the Creation of Smart CommunityBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 17, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has agreed with the Gujarat State government of India and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC) to collaborate in the development of an environmentally friendly Smart Community and signed a... Read more.. |