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India US reaffirm their commitment on climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pUS Secretary of State John Kerry and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj cochaired the first IndiaUS Strategic and Commercial Dialogue that ended with an important takeaway of a joint statement on enhancing cooperation on climate changep

pOn United Nations...

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Greenko to help GIC tap clean energy opportunity in India

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pClean energy company Greenko will remain an important entity for Singapore39s sovereign wealth fund GIC to tap renewable power generation opportunities in India Fitch Ratings said todayp

pGreenko Group Plc has signed an agreement GIC for selling its stake in Greenko...

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PTC India Financial Services sanctions loan aggregating Rs 1000 crore

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pPTC India Financial Services announced that it has sanctioned loans aggregating to about Rs 1000 crore for providing financial assistance to renewable energy projects and energy efficiency project in Indiap

pWith the focus to increase its loan portfolio in clean...

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India likely to announce national climate action plan on Wednesday

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia is likely to announce its national climate action plan as early as Wednesday after the Cabinet puts its seal of approval at its weekly meeting India39s intended nationally determined contribution as the action plans are referred to in climate negotiations will provide...

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Subject Tags: climate change , India , policy

With 14 rain deficit this monsoon may end up among worst 3 in 30 years

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThis year39s monsoon could end up as among the worst three in nearly three decades With an extended dry patch in most of the country which has revived fears of a weak harvest and food inflation the season39s rainfall deficit has widened to 16 per cent according to the...

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Subject Tags: climate change , India , water

Indian State Of Punjab Allocates 500 MW Solar Under 92kWh

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pAnother statelevel solar power auction in India has yielded to the continued trend of recordlow tariffsp

pThe Punjab Energy Development Agency PEDA recently allocated 500 MW worth of solar PV power plants to five separate developers All the projects were allocated at...

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EV market in India expected to grow faster from festive season onwards

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIt is not only the conventional vehicle markers that will have a reason to cheer Electric vehicle EV makers are also set to see some good times starting this month Ambuj Sharma additional secretary Department of Heavy Industry Ministry of Heavy Industries amp Public...

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India Africa to focus on solar at IndiaAfrica Forum Summit

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia Africa to focus on solar at IndiaAfrica Forum Summitp

pIANS reports that climate change would be in focus at the IndiaAfrica Forum Summit here this October with India proposing that the 54 African countries join a Solar Group of nations to tap the sunrsquos rays...

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India Realising its RE potential

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe victory of the centre right Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in Indiarsquos general election in April 2014 was controversial in many respects and unexpected in its decisiveness But for the renewables industry in the country it represented the possibility of a revival of...

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Indias faultlines are stumbling block for reaching UN goals

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pSustaining the goals being set by the United Nations UN for the world seems to be unattainable even for developed countries In case of India the country faces numerous issuesp

pThe new Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and the 169 targets linked to the goals will be...

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