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Luxury car owners to pay more motor vehicle tax in OdishaBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pIf you are planning to buy a luxury car then get ready to pay more tax to the state exchequer as the cabinet approved an amendment to the Odisha Motor Vehicle Taxation Act 1975 on Wednesdayp pThe cabinet decided to have different tax slabs for vehicles depending upon... Read more.. |
Clean Ganga Project UpdateBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pNidhi Tripathy Director National Mission for Clean Ganga said at a conference in Bengaluru recently that the mega project is not an infrastructure project it is a living entityp pShe said Rs 20000 crore has been earmarked for spending on the project that includes... Read more.. |
Indias INDCs to tackle climate change wont hitBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pGovernment today said that India39s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions INDCs for Paris climate summit in December this year which are likely to be announced this month will not compromise the country39s socioeconomic goalsp pquotIndia is set to announce its... Read more.. |
Trials of batteryrun Starbus soon NagpurBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pAfter getting the country39s first ecofriendly bus and autorickshaw pilot projects the city is set to hold trial run of a batterypowered Starbus quotWe will see an electric Starbus plying in the city in a couple of monthsquot confirmed a senior officer from NMC39s transport... Read more.. |
Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and researchp pquotIf human intervention has caused climate change with human intent and intellect and with new research and technology we... Read more.. Subject Tags: climate change , policy |
Waste becomes the resource in ChennaiBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pChennai generates over 5000 metric tonnes of waste in a single day Most of this waste ends up in its two primary landfills in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi ndash both of which are full to their brim and cannot be used past this year The Corporationrsquos waste collection process... Read more.. |
Bombay High Court on recycling sewage water in MaharashtraBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThe Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government on Wednesday to consider recycling sewage water so that it can be used for irrigation and nonirrigation purposes in view of the drought situation in the Statep pA Division Bench headed by Justice VM Kanade had... Read more.. |
Polavaram project will be completed by 2018 NaiduBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThe interlinking of the Godavari and Krishna rivers and the completion of the Polavaram multipurpose project by 2018 will make Andhra Pradesh a droughtproof State according to N Chandrababu Naidu the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradeshp pSpeaking at a public meeting at... Read more.. |
Rajasthan Government Signs MoUs Worth Rs 30530 Crore with Petroleum CompaniesBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pAs a precursor to the forthcoming Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit 2015 the Government of Rajasthan has signed Memorandum of Understanding MOUs worth Rs 30530 crore with nine petroleum companiesin Jaipur The Union Minister of State Ministry of Petroleum amp Natural Gas... Read more.. |
Garbage trucks bins to start using RFID in a monthBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015
pThe civic body has set a deadline of one month to install the radio frequency identification RFID tags on garbage trucks and bins in the city in order to track themp pThe RFID system will be tagged to 119 trucks and around 22000 garbage bins in the cityp pNMMC... Read more.. |