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Taste for waste

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs now see business opportunity in waste paper. The raddiwala employed with start-ups can be summoned to home with the click of a mouse or a phone call
AMRINDER SINGH, 57, is a government employee living in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar. His neighbours say he...

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India, Germany to cooperate in skill development, river cleaning

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2014

India and Germany Monday agreed to prepare a roadmap for cooperation in skill development, solid waste management and cleaning of rivers as visiting Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi who described the two nations as "made for each other...

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Tetra Pak boasts environmental performance; releases Sustainability Update 2014

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2014

Tetra Pak, on 5 September, released a report on company’s initiatives towards environment named Sustainability Update 2014, which highlights the company’s 2013 achievements in the areas of environmental performance, social responsibility and good governance.
 
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Indian States Move Forward With Solar Net Metering & Solar Leasing

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

Indian states are making noticeable progress in implementing rooftop solar net metering with an attempt to expand distributed solar power infrastructure.
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission recently issued draft guidelines for solar net metering after years of...

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Subject Tags: electricity , India , solar

GE Says India Renewables More Attractive Than Coal or Gas

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

Clean-energy power plants will be a more attractive investment in India than coal or natural gas projects, according to General Electric Co. (GE)
“Wind and solar will continue to offer significant value over other fuels for several decades,” Mahesh Palashikar, GE’s...

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Subject Tags: GE , India

Working towards 24x7 power supply to all in 5 years: Piyush Goyal

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

Government is committed to assure 24x7 electricity supply to every house hold by bringing in transformative reforms in the sector, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. 
He said the government is working towards providing power to the last man standing in...

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CII unit to give big push to construction of green buildings

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has set a target of constructing 10 billion sq ft of environment-friendly space in India by 2022 and will give a major push to housing for low-income group people.
IGBC Chairman Prem C Jain said currently the country houses 2.2...

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NTPC may be forced to tap international solar power suppliers

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

Country's largest power company NTPC may be forced to tap international solar plant suppliers due to shortage in domestic capacity.
NTPC was laying emphasis on developing a solar power portfolio and had invited tender for 1,000 MW of solar power project open to only...

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Germany’s great green gamble

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

The Germans gave the word kindergarten to the world of education. They gave the term wirtschaftswunder to development economics to describe their country’s remarkable economic transformation immediately following World War II. Now, in the area of sustainable growth, another...

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Water harvesting ensures livelihood security for Dalit farmers

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 8, 2014

Villupuram is one of the most backward districts in Tamil Nadu. Major crops cultivated there are paddy, onion, pulses, millets, sugarcane, casuarina and groundnut, using water from tanks and open wells.
The open wells belong to small and marginal farmers and have been...

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