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The verdant Doon Valley, home to a picturesque mountain range like the many others that dot the Himalayas, has now become synonymous with an abundance of unattended plastic waste. The mountains that once emanated...
India’s air pollution crisis made it to national and global headlines once again this year with the release of the State of Global Air 2019 report that highlights the toll the toxic air of the country takes on its...
The electric vehicle (EV) market in India is currently exhibiting potential for significant growth. While India is still in the infancy of EV adoption, eventually it is set to adopt EVs in various modes of transportation. While there are limited choices for consumers in currently, rapid...
After a last push through the Saubhagya scheme, 100% household electrification in India was officially achieved in January 2019. However, even as 25 million households have now been connected to the grid, millions of households alongside small and marginal farmers still lack access to reliable...
The Indian government’s efforts to enhance domestic manufacturing in conjunction with rapid adoption of EVs have materialized into phase two of the FAME scheme. There has been much talk about a localization rider...
7 of the top 10 polluting cities in the world are in India. However, fixing that requires a coordinated effort across a region and is not limited to actions within a city alone. Air pollution is...
The interim budget 2019-20 did not see any major announcements pertaining to distributed renewable energy. The budget has allocated INR 5.25 billion for solar projects under off-grid and decentralized renewable power for the next financial year, a decline of 35% as compared to the revised...
On Sep 25, 2017 the central government launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (or Saubhagya). The objective of the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme is to provide energy access to all by providing last mile...
Sustainable and Responsible Investing is a global trend that has picked up momentum in the last 10 years; and India is likely to be the next frontier. This is the finding of a recent...
The objective of the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme is to provide energy access to all by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all the remaining 300 Lakhs un-electrified households in rural...
The power sector is a priority sector for the nation. The sector has seen remarkable growth with a CAGR of nearly 14% in the last five years and is expected to grow even further as the country paves its way towards...
The Iron & Steel industry is synonymous with economic growth of modern economies. In India, the industry accounts for 2% of the country’s GDP and provides gainful employment to more than 6 lakh workers. India...
Energy plays a very critical role in the development of any country....
With growing urbanization in India, waste management is emerging as a key challenge facing the country. Indian Centre for Plastic in the Environment (ICPE) estimates the plastic consumption for the year 2013-2014...
Chief Sustainability Officers are inter-disciplinary leaders that are shaping long term outlook in India’s largest conglomerates. As part of its research on the increasing role of the Sustainability function, Sustainability Outlook hosted a conversation with India’s leading CSOs (Chief...