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Government distributes over 15 crore LED bulbs under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Scheme

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2016

Domestic Efficient Lighting Scheme (DELP) has touched a new milestone with the distribution of 15 crore energy efficient LED bulbs to households via discoms.

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MNRE seeks comments to standardise norms for solar equipment

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2016

In a bid to standardise norms for solar equipment, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sought comments from various stakeholders on technical regulation for the sector by September 6,...

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Framework being developed for solarising agricultural pumps: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2016

The government is working on developing a framework for solarising agriculture pumps in order to reduce power consumption by farmers, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said....

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Maharashtra to soon introduce Energy Conservation policy

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2016

The Maharashtra government will soon come up with an Energy Conservation policy which will aim at enhancing the technology required to improve electricity generation.

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Make vehicle scrapping mandatory, start with heavy vehicles: FM Arun Jaitley

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2016

In order to check pollution, a new policy will be framed to make scrapping of 15-year old vehicles mandatory, bringing heavy vehicles in its ambit to begin with, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari...

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Installed capacity of renewable energy has crossed 44 GW: PMO Statement

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2016

The cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy has crossed 44 GigaWatts and “phenomenal progress” has been made in other key infrastructure sectors like aviation and railways, a meeting...

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Subject Tags: Infrastructure , policy

National electricity plan to be ready by September 2016

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2016

A national electricity plan, which provides a road map for the power sector for the next five years, will be ready by next month, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Chairman S.D. Dubey said on...

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Subject Tags: electricity , policy , power

NITI Aayog may seek Cabinet nod for electronic manufacturing policy

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 22, 2016

NITI Aayog is likely to seek Union Cabinet approval in a fortnight for a long-term policy to boost manufacturing of electronic products, which will provide a host of incentives like tax holiday...

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West Bengal plans new solar policy

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 15, 2016

The West Bengal government is planning to introduce a new solar policy to meet the Centre's revised target of generating 4,500 MW solar energy by 2022 in the state.

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Subject Tags: policy , solar

National lab policy for renewable energy soon

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 25, 2016

The ministry of new and renewable energy is in the process of finalising a national lab policy to set norms for testing, standardisation and certification of renewable energy related products,...

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Subject Tags: MNRE , policy