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Donations to Swach Bharat Kosh, Clean Ganga now part of CSR

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has included donations to the Swach Bharat Kosh and the Clean Ganga Fund — set up by the Central government — as part of corporate social responsibility (CSR) spends by India Inc. This notification was issued last Friday, October 24. ...

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Subject Tags: CSR , India , policy

Pollution panel asks state bodies to check effluents

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

 A Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) directive has asked MCG and HUDA to check discharge effluents at sewage treatment plants (STPs) in all Haryana districts. The state bodies have also been directed to set up a real-time effluent monitoring system to ensure that no...

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YEIDA to luanch affordable, green homes

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 27, 2014

This Diwali , the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority ( Yeida ) is SET to Launch Affordable Residential Flats for nearly 3,000 middle and Low INCOME green groups. Located in Sector 22A of Yeida , BE handed over to the units expected by ARE two thousand and...

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Andhra Pradesh switches to LED efficiency

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 27, 2014

Andhra Pradesh will be one of the first states to take up energy conservation under the DELP (Demand Side Efficient Lighting Programme) on a massive scale to meet future energy requirements.
 
The pilot project, which will later be adopted for the entire state,...

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Ministry of new and renewable energy seeks loan from KfW to promote solar project

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 27, 2014

The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) wants the government to back a 1-billion loan (aboutRs 7,750 crore) sought from German bank KfW to promote rooftop solar systems across the country. 
 
KfW is keen on lending 1-billion for the solar rooftop project...

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Subject Tags: India , KFW , MNRE , policy

Final shape to 'Smart Cities' project by next month: M Venkaiah Naidu

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

The government will give a final shape to its proposed flagship scheme on developing '100 smart cities' next month, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here today.
 
"100 smart cities will come up..some by converting present cities and some by...

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BIS pushes for standards for all products

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

 To check the sale of non-standard electrical and electronics Chinese items and even Indian products like helmets, toothpaste and razors etc, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has approached the government to do away with the clause that allows several such items to be sold in...

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India approves projects in dash for growth, alarming green groups

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

In 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.
 
Less than a...

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Stop polluting Ganga or shut shop: Uma Bharti

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

All 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...

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Electric crematoriums should be shut: Uma Bharati

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

The 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...

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Subject Tags: India , policy , pollution