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Policy gap stops investors from expanding power grids in rural India

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2015

Lack of clarity on policy governing privately-owned renewable energy-based mini-grids is preventing investors from expanding their network in the hinterlands of north India.

Husk Power Systems, which was formed in 2007 and operates over 70 mini-grids in several...

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Nitish seeks ban on 15-year-old diesel vehicles in Bihar

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2015

Expressing concern over the alarming level of air pollution in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed concerned officials for banning 15-year-old diesel vehicles in the state capital among other measures to improve the situation.

Presiding over a review...

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Subject Tags: air pollution , India , policy

Green tribunal notice to Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in UP

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2015

 Beverages major Coca-Cola has come under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which has issued notice to the company after finding “alarming facts” in an inspection report of apex pollution monitoring body.

The green panel has also directed Hindustan Coca-Cola...

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Surface Cleaning of Ganga to Start Next Month Consultative Committee Meeting of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Held

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 24, 2015

Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti has said that Surface cleaning of Ganga will start next month in 10 major cities (Haridwar, Garhmukteshwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Sahibganj, Kolkata, Nabadwip and...

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PM Modi Flags off the First Electric Bus in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 24, 2015

The Prime Minister presented the keys of the first retrofitted bus to Hon'ble Speaker Smt Sumitra Mahajan who was also present on the occasion. "There is a challenge before the mankind to find a solution to this problem", Modi said. US, France and India have together taken...

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AP Solar Corpn sanctions 4,000 MW power parks

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 24, 2015

Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation Limited has achieved the distinction of sanctioning 4,000 MW of solar power generation parks under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. In doing so, it has been chosen as the best government nodal agency for solar energy push.

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Sanjeev Jaiswal gives green signal for bio-CNG plant in Thane

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 24, 2015

With these projects in place, wet waste generated at hotels, vegetable markets and other places will be taken care of. City-based NGO Samarth Bharat Vyas Peeth has been asked to set-up the first such plant at Kopri east on a contract of 10 years.

Jaiswal said, "...

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KMC eyes pvt hands to manage waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 24, 2015

The civic body's move to hire 350 private sanitary workers for the collection, segregation and transportation of garbage in the city has not gone down well with the social activists, who are crying foul over the attempts to privatise the waste management system.

The...

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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) launches a scheme for Upgradation of Industries for Energy Efficiency

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2015

So far as Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) is concerned, the Department has always supported green and efficient energy initiatives. However, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) have informed that they are implementing a Scheme under National...

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Power Ministry Electrifies 51 Villages in Uttar Pardesh and 13 Villages in Assam

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2015

Ministry of Power has electrified 51 villages in Uttar Pradesh last week, Out of  these electrified villages, 34 belong to Bareli district and other 17 villages falls in Mainpuri district of the state.

Apart from these, Ministry of Power also electrified...

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