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
The Coal Trail
India’s installed capacity for power generation has also seen a tremendous rise, standing at 405.77 GW. What is also readily observable is the dominant share of coal in the installed capacity equalling 204 GW,...
RE Matters | June 2022
𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 & 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 Here is our monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from the Centre for Financial Accountability. An extension of CFA’s work to understand and critically analyse the global energy...
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The Great Indian Power Crisis
The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022.
वापस आया कोयला संकट! क्या है इसके पीछे की असली कहानी?
भारत बिजली की कमी और कोयला संकट से जूझ रहा है। दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा कोयला उत्पादक देश अपने बिजली संयंत्रों को माल उपलब्ध कराने में लगातार विफल क्यों हो रहा है? केंद्र...
Hindi -Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups and members on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020
सेवा श्री आर के सिंह राज्य मंत्री-बिजली और नई और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा श्रम शक्ति भवन, भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली -110001 ...
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Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups & Members on the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020
To Shri R K Singh Minister of State – IC (Power and New & Renewable Energy) Shram Shakti Bhawan, Government of India New Delhi-110001 ...
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...
Why experts want govt to withdraw draft Electricity Bill
Experts question urgency of introducing a draft bill at a time when states struggle with COVID-19 The Union government’s draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 — that emerged on April 17, 2020, amid a nationwide...
Electricity Amendment Bill Pushes for Privatisation Model, Limits Powers of Local Admin, State Govts
Experts question the government’s stance of preparing and notifying ‘National Energy Renewable Policy’ through the bill in spite of controversy over classification of hydro power as renewable energy. On Wednesday, April 29, a national...
As a Railway Line Grows, a River in Manipur Is Fighting for Survival
This is the second article in a two-part series on the ‘Act East’ railway project in Manipur. Read the first part here. Environmental activists have taken the Ejei river case to the National Green Tribunal,...
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