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McCain, DuPont to empower Gujarat's potato farmers

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

McCain Foods and DuPont India are collaborating to implement the Global GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) Farm Assurer Certification Program with McCain contract farmers. The program is designed to equip farmers to follow GAP in order to ensure food, worker and environmental...

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Review of five environment laws ordered

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; and The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 will be under the scanner.
A four-member high-...

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Canadian firms seeking partners in India in renewable energy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

As many as 16 companies from Canada are exploring partnership opportunities with Indian firms in the renewable energy space. 
A delegation of 16 Canadian companies will arrive here this week to attend the 8th Renewable Energy India 2014 Expo. 
"The companies are...

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Union Government launched India's first ethanol-run bus in Nagpur

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launched ethanol-run environment-friendly public buses in Nagpur on 22 August 2014. These buses were launched as India's first pilot “The Green Bus project” to test ethanol-run buses.
It was claimed that the carbon-dioxide...

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Swachh Bharat programme: CIL earmarks Rs 235 crore for sanitation

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

State-run miner Coal India has said it will spend Rs 235 crore for providing sanitation in schools and underprivileged homes during the current fiscal, dedicating as much as half of the funds earmarked for corporate social responsibility to the cause espoused by Prime...

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Subject Tags: CIL , coal , Coal India , CSR , India

Nereus Capital Raises IFC Investment for India Projects

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

The World Bank’s International Finance Corp. unit has agreed to invest in a fund managed by Nereus Capital Management LLC that’s targeting clean-energy companies in India.
The $20 million investment is part of $250 million that Nereus plans to raise in the next year,...

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Tata solar Power wins order from JNNSM

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

Tata Power Solar (TPS) has won one of the largest orders of JNNSM phase-2 batch-1. The company will supply the entire module requirement for the 20 MW (AC) project to be built by ACME Solar, a leading solar power developer in India. The 1,00,000 modules, constituting 60,00,...

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Water ATMs: India’s Solution To Clean Water?

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

If at all there is fear for a third world war, it could be over drinking water. Fresh water is a scare commodity today. The issue of fresh water shortage is taken quite lightly in our country. How many are aware that India has just four percent of the world’s fresh water...

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Japan to Invest in Bullet Trains, Ganga Clean-up: Top 10 Takeaways

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

Here are the top 10 takeaways from the talks
1. India's bullet train project will receive financial, technical and operational support from Japan.
2. Japan will invest $33 billion in five years in India, a chunk of which will go into PM Modi's pet projects for...

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Jakson Group to have Rs 2,700 crore turnover by 2017

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

Power solutions provider Jakson Group is aiming to have a turnover of Rs 2,500 crore by 2017 based on its fast moving solar division.
The group is also aiming to produce 100 MW solar power in next 2-3 years as an independent power producer (IPP) with an investment of...

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