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UNDP-backed Report calls for developing green index for MGNREGS

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 5, 2013

The United Nations Development Programme has in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Devellopment, brought out a Report 'Greening Rural Development in India.' The report suggests ways to improve quality of ecosystems, maintaining the sustainability of livelihoods,...

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AP to invite bids for mini hydel power projects

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 4, 2013

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Company Ltd (AP Genco) has initiated the bidding process for selection of developers for setting up mini hydel projects in the State.

AP Genco has taken up the task on the directive of the State Government and on behalf of New and...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Rejected in Argentina, yet welcome in Chalai

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 4, 2013

Innviron, the US-based company chosen by the state government to set up a gasification plant to treat municipal solid waste at Chalai, has a long history of 'breach of contract' and repeated failures in waste-management in Argentina. The documents sourced by TOI prove that...

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Save Power – Renewable Energy Conference

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 3, 2013

Presenting an exhibition that brings everyone closer – Save Power Show!

'Save Power Show' is an excellent networking and knowledge sharing platform for the stakeholders in Renewable Energy Sector. Save Power Show will showcase Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency...

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Agartala to turn a ‘green’ city

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 3, 2013

Aiming to make Agartala an environmentally safe city, the Tripura government is preparing a report to make use of solar energy mandatory by owners of buildings.

The present building rules would be changed to make use of solar energy compulsory in buildings to reduce...

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Common plant to treat industrial waste in PCMC

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 3, 2013

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is in talks with the PCMC and industries in the area to set up a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) to treat the 6 lakh litre of industrial effluents generated daily from nearly 296 small-scale industries in the area.

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Technopark trying for a green tag

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 1, 2013

The Technopark campus here is preparing to acquire ‘green zone’ status even as the ambitious phase-3 expansion project is set to be commissioned in another six to eight months, doubling the number of employees and adding one million sq ft of built-up area.

The...

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Subject Tags: Business , Labor , Law , Technology

Haryana govt to tap solar energy: Hooda

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 1, 2013

The Haryana government would tap solar energy in a big way to generate additional power, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said today.

Interacting with mediapersons after the Cabinet meeting here, the Chief Minister said he had directed officers concerned to take...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

‘Will ask FinMin for tax break on CSR’

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 31, 2012

Looking visibly relaxed after the Lok Sabha in December cleared the Companies Bill that has been 11 years in the making,corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot shared his views with the Indian Express on some of the controversial provisions of the Bill and how he intends to...

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German experts to help illuminate UP villages

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 31, 2012

In a decision taken by the Uttar Pradesh government, unelectrified villages of the state will be soon illuminated with solar power. Each household will be provided power connections for two light-emitting diode (LED) lights and a mobile charging unit which will run on...

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Subject Tags: Technology