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Top 5 Sustainability Watch-Outs for 2015 By : Sustainability ..., Dec 30, 2014
2014 for India was defined with Narendra Modi emerging center-stage post a historic election victory in May, and since then, the new government has been actively promoting certain schemes (with synonymous buzz-words like ‘Make in India’, ‘Namami Gange’, ‘... Read more.. |
Zero Liquid Discharge: Treating Effluents as a Resource Stream might be the Way Forward By : Sustainability ..., Dec 11, 2014
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) is a series of processes (like membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, evaporation and crystallization) that extract pure water from industrial effluents, leaving behind sludge, dissolved solids, suspended particles and salt... Read more.. |
Infrastructure Development in India: A Transition in the Making By : Sustainability ..., Dec 1, 2014
An analysis of the previous and present government plans reveal that Energy Security and Improving Connectivity (both physical and virtual) are emerging as the two major areas of infrastructure development in India. Recently, there has been a... Read more.. |
Indian farmers in the IT ageBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2014
According to the Census of India 2011, there are 118.9 million cultivators across the country, or 24.6% of the total workforce of over 481 million. The proportion was about 50% in 1951. On the other hand the number of people working as agricultural labourers has increased... Read more.. |
Hazardous Urban Solid Wastes Management - Need of the HourBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2014
The Urban Solid Waste (USW) management has assumed greater importance in recent years for cities of India, in view of their location in sensitive areas and hazardous effect on environment and public health. The urban solid waste handling involves effective collection,... Read more.. |
The Dark Side of Green Lighting By : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2014
In 2009, the Government of India found that the penetration of CFLs for household lighting was only about 5-10%, while over 70% of the remaining lights were incandescent bulbs1. In a bid to reduce electricity consumption in lighting, the government launched the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , E-Waste , Energy Efficiency , Entertainment , Environment , Policy Tracker , Technology , Waste Management |
ABB sees big opportunity in renewable energy sectorBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2014
Power and automations solutions company ABB is eyeing the renewable energy sector in the country with its range of products and integrated solutions. |
Vehicle Sharing – Exploring the Market in India By : Sustainability ..., Nov 7, 2014
Vehicle sharing is the simplest, most cost effective intervention for addressing the urban mobility problems we are facing today. In the Indian economy, which faces rapid rates of urbanization, urban mobility problems will choke growth in multiple ways, including:... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Education , Health , India , Labor , Politics , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Technology |
Collaboration to Transform Logistics: From Cost-to-country (CTC) to Benefit-to Country (BTC) By : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2014
LOGISTICS SECTOR: HIGH CTC Contrary to popular perception, costs of transporting goods from production sites to the end consumer are significant compared to producing them. The logistics sector costs accounted for 14% India’s GDP and amounted to... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , freight , Green Freight , green freight , India , logistics , Politics , Social Issues , sustainable logistics , Sustainable Logistics , sustainable transport , Technology , transportation |
Ground-breaking Indian study benchmarks Pongamia Biodiesel 2030 pricingBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2014
Ground-breaking Indian research on the viability of Pongamia Biodiesel has today been released titled "PONGAMIA BIODIESEL 2030: Projecting a Path for Permanent Progress & Prosperity, at the culmination of almost three years of work by The Advanced Biofuel Center (CJP).The... Read more.. |