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Water contamination threatens Dalpat Sagar Lake in ChhattisgarhBy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2014
RAIPUR: The 400-year-old picturesque Dalpat Sagar Wetlands, Jagdalpur, are facing an extreme threat of water pollution, which has already impacted the aqua life, leading to death of hundreds of fishes, and could soon become a cause for the migratory birds to abandon their... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Wind, solar energy to get big push under Narendra Modi-led NDABy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2014
The Narendra Modi government is likely to harness solar power and give a fillip to development of offshore wind energy so as to provide electricity to every household in the near future, industry officials said today. Modi will be country's first energy literate... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
IREDA and AFD Sign Euro 100 million AgreementBy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2014
The Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) is extending a Line of Credit (LoC) of Euro 100 million to M/s Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) to be utilized for financing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects in India. The said Line of Credit... Read more.. |
France lends €100m for India’s renewable energy projectsBy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2014
France is supporting the green energy sector in India by providing a loan worth €100 million (£81m). The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will use the cash for both renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the country.... Read more.. |
Wind, solar energy to get big push under Narendra Modi-led NDABy : Anonymous, May 23, 2014
Source: PTI - The Narendra Modi government is likely to harness solar power and give a fillip to development of offshore wind energy so as to provide electricity to every household in the near future, industry officials said today. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Textile sector to get relief in federal budget: ministerBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Textiles Abbas Khan Afridi on Thursday said that the government will announce relief for the textile sector in the upcoming budget, adding that the Ministry of Textile is pursuing the restoration of zero-rated sales tax regime for the sector.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
India needs $834 billion to implement low carbon growth plansBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014
India will need to invest US$ 834 billion to place its economy on a low carbon trajectory by 2030, a report published in April by the national Planning Commission reveals. It says the country will require “massive” changes to the energy mix to lower the carbon... Read more.. |
Air pollution is a $1.7T health problem, OECD findsBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014
LEIPZIG, Germany -- Air pollution is costing the world's most advanced economies plus India and China $3.5 trillion per year in lives lost and ill health, with a significant amount of the burden stemming from vehicle tailpipes, according to a new report by the Organisation... Read more.. |
Need integrated thinking on oil & gas, power sector: PrabhuBy : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014
Former Union minister of Power Suresh Prabhu had spearheaded the first generation of reforms in the power sector during the NDA-I regime. He was also the author of the Electricity Act 2003. Giving an insight on how would the second generation of reforms shape up in the NDA-... Read more.. |
India trade spat rocks post-election solar optimismBy : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014
Before India’s new pro-solar Prime Minister Narendra Modi can settle into office, a glut of troubling solar issues await resolution. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Modi was announced India’s new prime minister and will be sworn in on May 26. ... Read more.. |