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Swiss, Indian governments collaborating on energy efficient building

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2013

The Indian and Swiss governments have entered into a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to promote sustainable architecture in the Delhi and Chennai regions of India.

Speaking in New Delhi at a seminar on...

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Subject Tags: energy , Social Issues

Activists seek right to water

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 20, 2013

Water activists have written to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, asking the government to implement right to water along with right to food in the city. To ensure water security, they have asked the government to ensure a minimum free supply of 10kiloleter of potable water per...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues

Can India’s Agriculture Sector be Saved?

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 15, 2013

 Onions are front-page news these days across newspapers in Delhi. Onion prices, along with those of several other vegetables, have been steadily rising. There is almost a sense of déjà vu, as each year one or two vegetables become a cause célèbre for the middle class. What...

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Focus on biofuel production

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2013

Karnataka produces around 200 million litres of ethanol a year. This is sufficient to meet the national mandate of 20 per cent of ethanol blending. Initiatives which have made the production of ethanol into a co-operative model like the Karnataka Milk Federation have been...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology

‘Commuters waste fuel worth Rs. 54 crore every year due to jams’

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013

 As told by Chetan Agarwal, environmentalist and resident of Gurgaon, to HT. 

Tolls play an important role in financing highway projects but if traffic is beyond a certain level, then the externalities of toll plazas in terms of time wasted, fuel consumed and...

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Drivers for change: how India’s ever-increasing car users could inspire sustainable infrastructure

By : Anonymous, Aug 6, 2013

To understand the challenges facing India’s infrastructure system one simply has to look at the statistics. 

Recent estimates suggest there are at least 103 million cars on the country’s roads. In Delhi alone, around 7.4 million vehicles are competing for space on the...

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Over 1759 MW of projects commissioned under National Solar Mission

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 28, 2013

Over 1759.43 megawatts (MW) of grid connected solar power projects have been commissioned in the country as on 31 May 2013, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).

The JNNSM programme is the ministry of new and renewable energy's three-phase approach...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues

Draft farm policy moots energy-smart approach

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 16, 2013

The draft agricultural development policy submitted to the government by the drafting committee has mooted an energy-smart approach based on optimum use of local renewable energy sources for farming to minimise dependence on fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions....

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CII inks MoU with National Housing Bank to promote green housing

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 14, 2013

Industry body CII today inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Housing Bank to promote adoption of energy efficient green homes in the country.

The MoU was signed between Indian Green Builidng Council (IGBC) of CII and NHB during the first edition of...

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Indian state of Punjab plans 2GW solar project

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2013

A state in northwest India is set to have 2GW of solar power projects within the next two years following a new agreement signed recently.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Punjab agreed to co-operate in boosting renewable energy in the Indian...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology