New Delhi, March 9 — Reacting to the comments made by Hafiz Saeed,
the chief of militant outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa, Minister for New and Renewable
Energy Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said that India has never stopped the flow of
water to Pakistan. Addressing the media after the Parliamentary session in
New Delhi, March 1 — How green was this budget? I’d say pale green.
Cleaner energy has got a thumbs up. A Clean Energy Fund was announced, and the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s outlay increased by 61 per cent. Duties
on LED lights – the greenest yet – have been reduced, on par with CFLs,
New Delhi, Feb. 26 — India’s renewable energy sector budget has been
increased by 61 percent to Rs.1,000 crore from Rs.620 crore, signalling the
government’s commitment to popularising alternate source of energy in the
country. “In pursuance of government’s resolve to implement the National
New Delhi, Feb. 22 — The government is committed to meet the
challenges of climate change, President Pratibha Patil said Monday. She said that an ambitious solar mission has been initiated to generate 20,
000 MW of clean power by 2022. “My government has taken several steps to meet the
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 11 The Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Government of Scotland in the field of renewable energy. According to an official statement issued here after the Cabinet meeting,
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 10 The National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) has been designated as the central agency for implementing Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) mechanism meant to give push to renewable energy capacity
addition in the country. Regulatory body Official sources said that the
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 9 The sixth Indo-US Economic Summit, which gets under way here on February 16, will consider synergising Indo-US-China partnership for growth. The two-day summit will have seven sessions on infrastructure, aerospace and aviation, energy security, export of services,
New Delhi, Feb. 4 — The UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) chief R. K Pachauri called upon the tycoons of Indian trade and
industry to opt decisively for solar energy if sustainable future has to be
ensured. Addressing a seminar on ‘Vision for a Sustainable Tomorrow- Business as
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 4 Schneider Electric India, a unit of Paris-listed Schneider Electric, announced the launch of ‘In-Diya’, an energy-efficient LED (light emitting diode) based lighting system aimed at the rural market. ‘In-Diya’ is a specially-designed LED-based lighting system that
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the inconclusive end to the
Copenhagen Accord, the US government has stepped up pressure on the World Bank
not to fund coal-fired power plants in developing countries. In a letter sent to the World Bank, a copy of which is with TOI, United
States Executive Director
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