Half full Half Empty GST Changes?

Newspapers are full of advertisements praising the Prime Minister for the so-called Diwali gift. Few analysts have come out with the real report card of GST. Convener of Association of Indian Entrepreneurs Mr. K...

Read more September 10, 2025 at 11:52 am Thomas Franco

जलवायु परिवर्तन संकट में ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की भूमिका

जलवायु परिवर्तन का संकट तो वैश्विक समस्या है। जिसके कई कारण हैं, जैसे कि जीवाश्म ईंधनों (कोयला,तेल और गैस) का जलना, वनों की कटाई और कृषि। वनों की कटाई विकास परियोजनाओं, कृषि विस्तार और...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 3:31 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली

भले ही दो दिन बाद सर्वशक्तिमान माने जाने वाले अमरीका का राजपाट एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के हाथों में आ जाए जिसमें जलवायु परिवर्तन पर हुआ ‘पेरिस समझौता’ जरा भी नहीं सुहाता, लेकिन लगातार बढ़ता...

Read more January 25, 2025 at 12:38 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Climate Crisis and India’s Renewable Electricity Targets 2030: Can these be achieved with no major land conflicts?

The latest rounds of severe heat waves, floods and storms brought to focus the severity of the looming climate crisis and the urgency of a wide variety of necessary climate actions.

Read more June 14, 2024 at 4:30 pm Soumya Dutta

Poison PVC: Big Coal Leading PVC Growth in India

The Gulf of Kutch located in western Gujarat covers an area of 7,350 km2, is approximately 170 km long, and up to 75 km wide at its mouth.

Read more May 14, 2024 at 2:51 pm Fouziya Tehzeeb and Swathi Seshadri

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015) on climate change, the Indian government had pledged that 40% of its

Read more May 8, 2024 at 6:58 pm Soumya Dutta

वायेबिलिटी गैप फंडिंग से आसान होगी बैटरी आधारित ऊर्जा संग्रहण की राह?

बिजली उपलब्ध न होने की स्थिति में आप सभी ने अपने मोबाईल फोन या इलेक्ट्रिक उपकरणों को चार्ज करने के लिए पावर बैंक का इस्तेमाल किया होगा। ऐसे ही पावर बैंक्स अब आपके घरों...

Read more March 7, 2024 at 4:22 pm Pallav Jain

Why electricity tariff is going up? Who is the beneficiary?

It is the duty of the Union Government which collects GST from every citizen to deliver electricity at affordable prices to the remotest parts of the country and reach out to the most disadvantaged...

Read more November 28, 2023 at 12:41 pm Thomas Franco

Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Parliament on the 8th of August 2022.

Read more January 12, 2023 at 10:25 am CFA

India’s waste-to-energy paradigm

A POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE Over the last few decades, the volume and toxicity of waste being produced in India have been increasing exponentially. A major cause has been the increased use and...

Read more December 14, 2022 at 11:27 am CFA

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include goals like reducing the emission intensity...

Read more December 8, 2022 at 2:16 pm CFA and Climate Trends

चकाचौंध की कीमत

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि जो बिजली आपके जीवन को रोशन और सुविधाजनक बनाती है वही हज़ारों लोगों और वन्य जीव जंतुओं की बदहाली का कारण भी बन सकती है ?

Read more November 21, 2022 at 12:19 pm CFA

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

From the Prime Minister to the Supreme Court, there seems to be consensus against freebies. Free or subsidised food grains, electricity or health care for the poor has suddenly become the root cause of...

Read more August 25, 2022 at 9:35 am CFA

वापस आया बिजली संशोधन बिल | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

किसानों के लंबे आंदोलन की वजह से बिजली बिल को वापस ले लिया गया था। लेकिन अब सरकार इसे पार्लियामेंट के अगले सत्र में वापस लाना चाहती है।

The Electricity Amendment Bill is back. Why should we worry? | The Money Trail

Dropping the Electricity Amendment Bill was one of the conditions for withdrawing the farmer’s struggle. Yet the government is bringing it back. Filled with a bunch of dangerous proposals, the bill will shut shop...