कोरोना वायरस: ठेका श्रमिकों की बढ़ीं मुश्किलें, ऐसे कर रहे गुजारा

हमारे देश में बिजली पैदा करने का प्रमुख संसाधन कोयला है, पर धरती की छाती चीरकर उसे निकालने वाले मजदूरों की बदहाली जहां-की-तहां है। पिछले साल कोविड-19 के कारण देश भर में लगे ‘लॉकडाउन’...

Read more April 29, 2021 at 3:35 pm Rohit Shivhare

The State of Energy Finance in India

Wind and solar electricity costs have fallen so much that building new renewable generation is now cheaper than operating 39% of the world’s existing coal capacity, and this will increase to 60% of existing capacity in the...

Read more February 12, 2021 at 1:49 pm Tanya Thomas

How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates

Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the energy sources. Despite that, post-pandemic,...

Read more January 22, 2021 at 11:58 am Rajesh Kumar

World Bank Group and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project

The World Bank directed its resources to the removal of key barriers to private investment. It played a fundamental enabling role by financing key environmental and social management and institutional strengthening activities, as well...

Read more December 28, 2020 at 2:37 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Press Release on the inaugural of Energy Finance Conference India

The Inaugural Session of the 2nd Energy Finance Conference India 2020 builds the blueprint for an economically and socio-politically feasible sustainable energy transition A distinguished panel of academics, policy experts and activists pitches for...

Read more December 8, 2020 at 4:21 pm CFA

Draft power bill promotes privatisation, ‘impedes’ social, environmental safeguards

In an appeal to the chairperson, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, and its members, 90 civil society group have sought cancellation of the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, proposed by the...

Read more September 4, 2020 at 1:12 pm CFA

‘सरकार’ को चाहिए महंगी बिजली !

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Proposed electricity Bill to blatantly promote industry profit, ‘ignores’ consumers

Counterview Desk As many as 90 civil society groups and member have strongly objected to comments and objections on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, stating it “such comprehensive reform of a major law...

STILL DIGGING: G20 GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO FINANCE THE CLIMATE CRISIS

In 2015, governments around the world committed to hold global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) and to strive to limit warming to 1.5°C by adopting the Paris Agreement. This analysis shows...

National Consultation on The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 DATE: 29th April 2020

As India struggles through battling a pandemic and subsequent shut down, the government seems to be in no mood on pausing in stifling controversial issues that majorly impact the economy of the country. After...

Joint Statement denouncing the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

Press Release| Bangalore| Dated: 13th May 2020 As the nation and the world struggles with the unplanned lockdown imposed to fight COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet Ministers have been promoting a...

क्या बिजली बंद का आव्हान देश हित मे था?

देश में कोरोनावायरस नामक महामारी ने हाहाकार मचा दिया है जिसे रोकने के लिये सारे राज्य पूरी कोशिश कर रहे है। इसी कडी मे केद्रिय सरकार ने भी पूरे देश मे लॉकडाउन कर दिया...

Read more April 14, 2020 at 2:17 am Rajesh Kumar

It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

15 years back power sector witnessed a huge expansion. Between 2005 and 2011, thermal projects with 700 GW were given either TOR or EC by the government in around 570 projects, with estimated investments...

Read more January 23, 2020 at 6:08 pm Joe Athialy

निजी कंपनीयों के वित्तीय घाटों की भरपाई करती एनटीपीसी

भारत सरकार की पावर उत्पादन सार्वजनिक कम्पनी नेशनल थर्मल पावर कार्पोरेशन (एनटीपीसी), मध्य प्रदेश के 600 मेगावाट के एक निजी स्ट्रेस्ड पावर प्लांट को 1900 करोड मे खरीद कर निजी कंपनी के घाटे की...

Read more January 14, 2020 at 12:46 pm Rajesh Kumar

Emerging Landscape of Global Climate Finance

The concept of climate finance originated from the need for financing both the Mitigation (reducing the root cause of Climate Crisis, greenhouse Gas emissions) as well as Adaptation (building resilience in countries, societies, communities...

Read more December 11, 2019 at 7:12 am Soumya Dutta

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