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Fuel price hike aimed to boost public transport:Nirmala

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 8, 2019

As petrol and diesel price hike became effective Saturday onwards, leading to protests in some pockets, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the move to raise prices of transport fuel...

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Budget announcements to promote Make in India initiatives, MSMEs: DPIIT

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 8, 2019

The budget announcements made by the government would help promote Make in India initiatives, MSMEs and budding entrepreneurs, a top official said. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of...

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Energy Poverty More Pervasive in India Than Income Poverty: Economic Survey

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 5, 2019

The Economic Survey 2018-19 on Thursday highlighted two important facts — that India’s energy consumption is low and needs to be increased to achieve higher developmental standards, and that...

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Renewed push for reforms in key sectors

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 4, 2019

With India’s GDP growing at a five-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2019 and an ever-increasing younger workforce wanting more and more jobs, the new NDA Government has its task cut out for it. The...

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State seeks inclusion of Water Metro in Central scheme

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2019

The State government has sought inclusion of water transport projects, including the ₹750-crore Water Metro, in the Centre’s Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (...

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Subject Tags: Environmental Policy

Kerala targets one million EVs by 2022

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 1, 2019

Kerala’s electric vehicle (EV) policy envisages an ambitious target of introducing one million EVs in the State by 2022, the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The State has planned a pilot...

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Subject Tags: Environmental Policy

Gujarat: Rooftop solar power generation scheme for slums soon

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2019

The Government of Gujarat plans to launch a solar power generation scheme for slum dwellers. Not only will slum dwellers get free power, the government will also pay them for surplus power that...

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Subject Tags: Environmental Policy

Telangana govt to come up with new solar policy

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019

The Telangana government is planning to come out with a new solar policy factoring in the changes in the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector. ...

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Involving tribal communities can boost India's wildlife conservation: IIT prof

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2019

India's wildlife conservation initiatives need the involvement of local tribal communities- rather than the token activism of urban dwellers- to ensure that humans and animals coexist peacefully...

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Solar energy to be used for government offices – Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2019

Solar energy is the best alternative to electricity and in the future all the government offices in the state will be using solar energy, said Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil here Monday. He...

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