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
भारत का लक्ष्य 2022 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा यानी रिन्यूएबल एनर्जी (अक्षय ऊर्जा या नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के उदाहरण हैं – बायोगैस, बायोमास, सौर ऊर्जा इत्यादि.) से 175 गीगावॉट बिजली उत्पादन करने का था।
The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is 50% less than the budget of the previous years. At the face of it, it would seem that India is phasing out...
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,...
Between 2010 and 2020, India has witnessed more than 76 fly ash related incidents with eight major fly ash dyke breach incidents happening only between 2019 and 2021. Even as the country went into the...
Of India’s installed power generation capacity of 331,118 megawatts (MW), 58%, or around 193,426MW, is fuelled by coal. Gas-based and hydropower projects account for 25,150MW and 44,765MW, respectively. Coal, one of the key polluters...
A new civil society note has questioned the operations of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, seeking...
With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to ensure that their funds are directed to sustainable investments. In a country like India, where...
The generation of solar energy also forms part of the BJP’s plans to ‘double farmers’ income by 2022’ in view of enabling food providers to also take on the role of becoming energy providers....
The Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls recognises air pollution as public health emergency, but whether other political parties, like the BJP or the AAP, will take note of this is yet to...
The unprecedented crisis in the Indian banking sector, which has brought banks’ lending operations to a virtual standstill, means that they can do little to help the economy, which is buffeted on multiple fronts....
The 37th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy failed to fix accountability for the NPA crisis in the power sector, while absolving disastrous moves like delicensing. A new report by Delhi-based Centre for Financial...
In a critique of the March 2018 report of the Parliamentary standing committee on energy, CFA has stated that the recommendations suggested by the Committee to address the problem of stressed assets in power...
A new report has criticised the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for failing to fix responsibility on who should have been held accountable for the current NPA crisis in the power sector. The report,...
August 23, 2017, New Delhi: “The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore,” said senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. The former editor of EPW and...
