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PM Narendra Modi sets 2022 deadline for water, electricity and toilet in every house

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government would focus on uplift of the poor while working for development of all sections, including Muslims, and promised to take along every political party and state to make the country prosperous and powerful.

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Govt may rejig subsidy for solar projects

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 The subsidy regime for solar projects may be in for an overhaul, with power minister Piyush Goyal asking officials to address the problem of accumulated bills of about Rs 3,200 crore and find ways to ensure that claims don't pile up in future.

Sources familiar with...

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Subject Tags: Technology

India's anticipated import tariffs could dampen Modi's ambitious solar plans

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Anti-dumping tariffs would range from $0.11 to $0.81 per watt on PV imports and double the price of solar energy to $0.20 a kilowatt hour, according to the Solar Power Developers' Association.

New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eager to expand solar power...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

India, World Bank sign $100m agreement to suport green growth in HP

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 The Government of India, the Government of Himachal Pradesh (GoHP), and the World Bank today signed a $100 million development policy loan (DPL) agreement to help Himachal Pradesh (HP), a mountain state richly endowed with natural resources, move towards a more...

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Solar energy to power street lights in slums

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 The slums in the city will promote the use of unconventional energy if the civic body's plan to use solar energy to power lights is approved.

A proposal to fit solar street lights in the slums has been tabled before the standing committee. The Shivajinagar assembly...

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India's National Green Tribunal: An Experiment in Environmental Justice

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Meghalaya state in northeastern Indian is a land of bucolic beauty, but its Jaintia Hills have become dotted with ratholes—a primitive mining method where pits ranging from 5–100 square meters are dug into the ground to reach a coal seam. Tunnels about one meter high are...

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India Minister Asks Goverment to Scrap Solar Duties: Line

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2014

 India’s transport minister has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to scrap a plan by the nation’s previous administration to impose duties on solar imports from China, the U.S., Malaysia and Taiwan, the Hindu Business Line reported.

Minister of Road,...

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Subject Tags: Politics , Technology

Govt mulls diesel subsidy for irrigation if monsoon is poor

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 10, 2014

With growing expectations of a subnormal monsoon this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said his department will soon move a cabinet note to introduce a diesel subsidy scheme to provide irrigation to protect standing crops in the event...

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Modi government will come out with National Energy Policy: President

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 10, 2014
The new government will soon come out with a National Energy Policy that will focus on balancing power generation through conventional and non-conventional sources, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
 
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Subject Tags: Politics , Technology

New nanoparticles for cheaper, cleaner biofuel

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 9, 2014

Heard of green diesel? That could be the fuel for your vehicle in near future.

A team including two Indian-American scientists at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has created biofuel refining technology...

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Subject Tags: Technology