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Raising the authorized share capital of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2014

The Cabinet today at the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval to raise the authorized share capital of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) from the existing level of Rs.1000 crore to Rs.6000 crore. 
 
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India Eyes $100 Billion Investment In Renewable Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2014

The new Indian government is taking serious initiatives to boost the power sector, which is in dire need of financial and structural reforms. A large number of these reforms will be implemented in the renewable energy sector.
 
India’s minister for coal, power,...

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Renewable Energy Act on the anvil

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2014

Government has decided to come up with a Renewable Energy Act to streamline power generation, supply and tariff and help attract more investment.
 
The concrete policy related to the Act would come in place by February next year before Renewable Energy Global...

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Govt to launch 'zero liquid discharge' pilot project

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

If the Centre gets states on board, it will not allow any of the 140 drains between Gangotri and Gangasagar to open into the river Ganga to discharge municipal and industrial waste water. A small step in this direction was taken on Monday when the government decided to launch...

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Banks Push For Fixed Feed-in Tariffs For Indian Solar Power Projects

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

Lenders are calling for regulatory reforms in the Indian solar power sector, hoping that financial sense may soon prevail among the project developers who have been pushing tariffs to unsustainable levels in the competitive auctions.
 
The Indian government must...

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KSPCB Nod for Waste Management Unit

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has given conditional approval to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for setting up of a municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Lingadheeranhalli, Banashankari 6th Stage.
 
Speaking to Express, Senior...

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Final shape to 'Smart Cities' project by next month: M Venkaiah Naidu

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

The government will give a final shape to its proposed flagship scheme on developing '100 smart cities' next month, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here today.
 
"100 smart cities will come up..some by converting present cities and some by...

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India approves projects in dash for growth, alarming green groups

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

In late August, India's environment ministry rejected a proposal to build what would be the country's largest hydropower plant in a remote and pristine part of the country's northeast because of the potential damage to an area rich in biodiversity.
 
Less than a...

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Power ministry to sell LEDs at Rs10 against the market price of Rs 400

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2014

A day after the Nobel Prize in physics was won by the scientists who invented blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the power ministry Wednesday launched a business model enabling the sale of LEDs to households at Rs.10 against the market price of Rs.400.
 
"The...

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Telangana government working towards making Hyderabad global smart city: Minister

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2014

Telangana Government has taken upon the task of making Hyderabad a global smart city, state Minister for Panchayat Raj and Information Technology K T Rama Rao said today. 
 
"The new state of Telangana has many challenges and opportunities. We have a big agenda...

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