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Cities need sustained urbanisation: expertsAs the Union government unfolds its long-term plans for planned development of urban centres, experts warn that poorly managed urbanisation can be detrimental to sustainable development of cities like Pune. Date : Oct 13 Source: Eco-Business
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1,000 Guj farmers to get solar pumps for irrigationGujarat government has decided to provide solar-powered water pumps to 1,000 farmers to reduce usage of conventional power and to ease its financial burden due to subsidy on electricity provided for irrigation. Date : Oct 13 Source: Business Standard
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Waste water recycling plant to be set up at Madurai railway stationA waste water recycling plant will be built at the Madurai junction railway station at a cost of Rs 90 lakh. Madurai railway divisional manager A K Rastogi said the plant with a capacity of 50,000 litres would be functional by February. Date : Oct 13 Source: Times of India
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India signs the Minamata ConventionA year after it was adopted, India joined the global mercury abatement agreement. Not surprisingly, India dragged its feet a bit, but in the end signed up to the Minamata Convention on Mercury on 30 September, a year after it was adopted. The convention that took almost six years to take final shape is named after the Japanese city that, since the 1950s, has become synonymous with deadly mercury contamination and poisoning. Date : Oct 13 Source: Live Mint
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Delhi govt announces sops for EVsThe Delhi government has decided to give subsidies on EVs directly to customers for buying both - electric scooters and cars. They have decided to give a subsidy of 15 percent on the MRP, which will be directly transferred to the customer's bank account within two month from the date of purchase of the EV. The move has been made to boost sales of electric vehicles in the capital during the festive season. Date : Oct 13 Source: Auto Car India
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National Green Tribunal sounds dredging alertThe National Green Tribunal directed Delhi Jal Board to ensure that no sand mining is permitted in Yamuna in the guise of dredging the riverbed. The bench also directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee and CPCB to take samples of the sand or the dredged material that is being carried out by contractors and transported in trucks. Date : Oct 13 Source: Times of India
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Modi Wants 2,500 Smart Villages by 2019After his ‘100 Smart Cities’ endeavour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an ambitious scheme for rural India to develop around 2,500 ‘Smart Villages’ by 2019 under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). Date : Oct 13 Source: Daily Pioneer
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SolarArise raises over Rs200 crore from Kotak’s infra fund and GEEREFSolar energy firm SolarArise India Projects Pvt. Ltd has raised over Rs.200 crore from Core Infrastructure India Fund Pte Ltd (CIIF), managed by Kotak Mahindra Group and Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF), a fund of funds advised by European Investment Bank Group (EIB). Date : Oct 10 Source: Live Mint
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SunSwitch eyes `10 cr revenue from solar bizSunSwitch India Private, a Delhi-based full-service provider of solar energy solutions and an arm of Ambica Steels, is expecting its solar business to contribute nearly Rs 10 crore in its overall revenue basket by financial year 2015, riding on the new range of solar products that the company has come up with. Date : Oct 10 Source: My Digital FC
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EIG to Invest $125 Million in Greenko for India RenewableEIG Global Energy Partners LLC will invest $125 million in India’s Greenko Group Plc (GKO) to help develop wind and hydropower projects in the country. Date : Oct 10 Source: Bloomberg
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India approves projects in dash for growth, alarming green groupsIn late August, India's environment ministry rejected a proposal to build what would be the country's largest hydropower plant in a remote and pristine part of the country's northeast because of the potential damage to an area rich in biodiversity. Date : Oct 10 Source: Reuters
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Stop polluting Ganga or shut shop: Uma BhartiAll polluting industries along the river Ganga will have to set up sensor-based real-time online effluent monitoring system by March 31 next year. The government on Wednesday said it was serious about the deadline with water resources minister Uma Bharti issuing a veiled threat to industries—-mend your ways or face the consequences. Date : Oct 10 Source: Times of India
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Electric crematoriums should be shut: Uma BharatiThe water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation minister, Uma Bharati, suggested on Tuesday that "electric" crematoriums should not be used on river banks and instead bodies should be burnt in a traditional way with minimum use of wood. She said that religious leaders - "sadhus" - have not approved the use of electric (many have been converted to CNG) crematoriums. She was speaking at a conference on "Cleaning of Indian Rivers" organized by Teri on Tuesday. Date : Oct 10 Source: Times of India
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Farmers fight Coca-Cola as India’s groundwater dries upSavitri Rai winces as she recounts how police beat her when she protested against groundwater extraction at a Coca-Cola Co. plant near her farm in India. A decade later, she said her water supplies keep dwindling. “We have to dig ever deeper wells,” the 60-year-old said outside her mud house in Mehadiganj village in Uttar Pradesh, blaming the beverage company’s bottling line a kilometer away. Date : Oct 10 Source: Live Mint
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Waste at Work: Indian Entrepreneurs Turn Dung into DollarsAcross India, young entrepreneurs are finding ways to innovate the mundane. Using found technology, they cobble simple machinery together to do more than just recycle: They’re expanding local resources and transforming waste products into profits. This spring, I visited a few small businesses achieving a triple bottom line in achieving financial, social, and environmental impact. What do they all have in common?—They’re all investees in the portfolio of social-enterprise incubator, Upaya Social Ventures. Date : Oct 10 Source: Eco-Preneurist
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European cleantech SMEs eye Asean growthEconomic development goes hand-in-hand with a heightened demand for energy. As economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grow, the region is investing in the sustainability of its development, from managing energy and resource-usage to planning for urban expansion while limiting environmental pressures. Date : Oct 10 Source: Eco-Business
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Suzlon Energy Plans New Manufacturing Plants in IndiaSuzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL), the Indian wind-turbine maker undergoing debt reorganization, plans to build new manufacturing plants in central India. The factories would support 2,000 megawatts of wind-farm orders that Suzlon expects to win in Madhya Pradesh state in the next five years, Chairman Tulsi Tanti told an investor summit in Indore today, according to an e-mailed statement. Date : Oct 10 Source: Bloomberg
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Power ministry to sell LEDs at Rs10 against the market price of Rs 400A day after the Nobel Prize in physics was won by the scientists who invented blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the power ministry Wednesday launched a business model enabling the sale of LEDs to households at Rs.10 against the market price of Rs.400. Date : Oct 9 Source: Economic Times
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Indian State Of Rajasthan Simplifies Regulations To Boost Solar Power Capacity By 25 GWIndia is on a fast-track to boost its solar power capacity, and as the investors flock to its solar power market, no state would stand to gain more than the western state of Rajasthan. Date : Oct 9 Source: Clean Technica
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Himachal Pradesh govt takes first step towards making state 'Waste Free'Looking at the threat from plastic and other non-biodegradable waste, Himachal Pradesh government on Monday signed an agreement with a Ducth company to conduct a feasibility study for making the hill state 'Waste Free' or 'Zero Waste State'. The agreement was signed between department of urban development and Nexus Novus - the Dutch company. Date : Oct 9 Source: Times of India
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IIHS leads $3 million research programme on Climate adaptation for semi-arid areas of IndiaClimate change is one of the defining developmental challenges of our time. Indian cities and villages are amongst the most vulnerable in the world, with hundreds of millions of people at increased risk of exposure to climate change impacts, especially in drought prone semi-arid areas. There is however, considerable local experience of how to adapt and respond to these challenges, which needs to be better understood and then translated and scaled across regions, towns and cities at risk. This can be enabled via institutional innovation, appropriate development practices and technologies,... Read more.. Date : Oct 9 Source: Economic Times
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State master plan for solid waste disposalThe state urban local bodies department has sought inputs from 78 state municipal bodies, including MCG, to prepare a state-level master plan for an integrated solid waste management system, to be reviewed and approved by the National Green Tribunal. Date : Oct 9 Source: Times of India
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India’s energy storage industry ‘encouraged’ by Modi government plansIndia’s growing energy storage industry shares the enthusiasm of its solar counterpart in welcoming the Modi government’s aims and ambitions, according to one industry veteran. Date : Oct 9 Source: PV Tech
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For more efficient power transmissionIndia is experiencing a revolution in the field of Power Sector. The new Government with a vision of 'POWER TO ALL' is investing more in infrastructure and establishing Smart Grid & Smart Cities. Date : Oct 9 Source: Economic Times
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Telangana government working towards making Hyderabad global smart city: MinisterTelangana Government has taken upon the task of making Hyderabad a global smart city, state Minister for Panchayat Raj and Information Technology K T Rama Rao said today. Date : Oct 9 Source: Economic Times
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