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McCain, DuPont to empower Gujarat's potato farmersBy : 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... Read more.. |
Review of five environment laws orderedBy : 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. |
Canadian firms seeking partners in India in renewable energyBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014
As many as 16 companies from Canada are exploring partnership opportunities with Indian firms in the renewable energy space. Subject Tags: Alpha Technologies , Ballard Power , Canada , Canadian Solar , Fugesco , hydro , hydrogen fuel cells , Idenergie , India , IREQ , Montreal Nuclear Services , New Dawn Energy Solutions , NuWorld , OPAL-RT Technologies , Simon Fraser University , solar energy , Vizimax , waste to energy , wind , Windular Research and Technologies Inc |
Union Government launched India's first ethanol-run bus in NagpurBy : 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. |
Swachh Bharat programme: CIL earmarks Rs 235 crore for sanitationBy : 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... Read more.. |
Nereus Capital Raises IFC Investment for India ProjectsBy : 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. |
Tata solar Power wins order from JNNSMBy : 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,... Read more.. |
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... Read more.. |
Japan to Invest in Bullet Trains, Ganga Clean-up: Top 10 TakeawaysBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014
Here are the top 10 takeaways from the talks Subject Tags: Ganga clean-up , India , Indian government , Japan , policy , Smart Cities , waste management , water |
Jakson Group to have Rs 2,700 crore turnover by 2017By : 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. |