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India unveils rules to allow Rs.48, 000 crore of tax-free debtBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2013
India allowed 13 state companies to raise as much as Rs.48, 000 crore ($7.9 billion) selling tax- free bonds this financial year, helping generate funds for infrastructure such as roads, ports and power plants. The government will also allow sovereign wealth funds to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Technology |
India: industry targets 25% TSR by 2030By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2013
The Indian cement industry is failing to realise the potential for alternative fuels and raw material utilisation (AFR), but resolves to raise the thermal substitution rate (TSR) to 25 per cent by 2030, from the current level of less than one per cent. This was the... Read more.. |
New company law to change CSR landscapeBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2013
India’s firm nudge towards philanthropy in the new companies law, which replaces an outdated legislation with more streamlined rules, is being viewed with misgivings by some, but is likely to boost corporate charitable activity in the country. The new law to govern... Read more.. |
Saranda to map mining, pristine zonesBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 7, 2013
Saranda forests in West Singhbhum will get fixed mining and no-mining zones within a month to benefit both the demands of economy and ecology. Chief secretary R.S. Sharma, in his directive to the forest department yesterday, asked for a strict demarcation of mining and... Read more.. |
‘Commuters waste fuel worth Rs. 54 crore every year due to jams’By : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013
As told by Chetan Agarwal, environmentalist and resident of Gurgaon, to HT. Tolls play an important role in financing highway projects but if traffic is beyond a certain level, then the externalities of toll plazas in terms of time wasted, fuel consumed and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Disaster , Education , Health , Labor , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
Drivers for change: how India’s ever-increasing car users could inspire sustainable infrastructure By : Anonymous, Aug 6, 2013
To understand the challenges facing India’s infrastructure system one simply has to look at the statistics. Recent estimates suggest there are at least 103 million cars on the country’s roads. In Delhi alone, around 7.4 million vehicles are competing for space on the... Read more.. |
First decide Hyderabad status, water sharingBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013
Even as Telangana protagonists are opposing the very proposal of making Hyderabad a Union territory after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana on Sunday joined chorus with Union minister Chiranjeevi and said issues like status of Hyderabad and sharing... Read more.. |
5 yrs on, India-US set to firm up nuclear commerceBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2013
Almost five years after signing of the India-US nuclear deal, the two countries are set to take a definite step in nuclear commerce during Manmohan Singh’s visit to the US in September. US-based firm Westinghouse and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)... Read more.. |
Cement Industry leans on market based models for pan-sector recycling By : Anindita Chakraborty, Jul 30, 2013
Sustainability Outlook spoke to Mr. V.P Sharma, COO of Dalmia Cement, about ways in which sustainability imperatives are catalyzing innovation in the cement industry and the ambition for sustainable practices in the industry. The cement industry has... Read more.. |
GM workers fudged Tavera test engines to meet emission normsBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 29, 2013
General Motors India, the Indian arm of the Detroit-headquartered automaker, has admitted to the government that an internal probe had revealed the company violated testing norms and its employees re-fitted already approved engines in new Tavera models sent for inspection in... Read more.. |