The government will soon launch a National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) and monitor the implementation of policies and programmes envisioned in the smart grid road map for the
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) continues to register higher growth and record performance in the period ending 2012-13. A sum of Rs 40,183 crore was disbursed during the financial
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation of 2,800 Megawatt nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana on 13 January 2014. The project called Anu Vidyut Pariyojna,
POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant on 10 January 2014 received environment clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for a steel plant worth
The Tawang – II hydroelectric of 800MW project in Arunachal Pradesh will be executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The Project is to be set up
The Supreme Court of India on 6 January 2014 directed the Government of India to appoint a national regulator to oversee the implementation of forest policy. The court
Welspun Energy Ltd., one of India’s largest photovoltaic developer has agreed to develop 150 megawatts of solar plants in Punjab state. This will increase the clean energy capacity
China destroyed more than six tonnes of smuggled elephant’s ivory in Guangdong province on 6 January 2014. The move signalled that China is willing to play a greater
An environmental information dissemination centre (EIDC) was set up in Chennai Corporation Middle School in Choolai, Tamil Nadu on 6 January 2014. An environmental information dissemination centre (EIDC)
India has for the second time round, delayed the deadline for firms to submit bids for its national solar auction reported Bloomberg. The decision comes in the wake
The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today dedicated to the Nation GAIL (India) Limited’s 1,000 km-long natural gas pipeline from Dabhol in Maharashtra to Bangaluru in
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 28th November 2013 ruled that state law can’t prevail over central rules on sand mining. NGT gave this judgment by dismissing the Madhya