India’s pollution metrics fail to capture the complex reality of environmental degradation. The city is fine, really. Right outside the railway station, beneath the board that says Asansol Junction, an LED panel displays the...
Under the Paris Climate change accord, India has committed 40 per cent of its total energy production from non-fossil fuel sources by 2040 The Centre has also decided to set up mega solar parks...
Press Statement | February 19, 2020 US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision. IFC hides it shame & guilt behind technicalities of jurisdiction...
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...
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...
Government prepares for more reforms to ensure India comes in the top 50 in ease of doing business rankings India currently occupies 63rd position in the rankings of the World Bank in doing business....
Statement in response to news reports that the company has written to the Ministry of Power that they will stop operating the Mundra project from February 2020. Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: Tata power...
A new year is around the corner. Time to make some predictions about how financial institutions will respond to the growing threat of climate change, stranded assets, and eroding social license will pose. UK...
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s data says that India has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world. Coal is also India’s primary source of energy. India, in addition to producing coal in excess...
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...
Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction...
A two-day regional seminar was held in Bilaspur on 30th Nov- 1st Dec 2019 organized by, All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) Chhattisgarh–Vidarbha region, Mausam, Beyond Copenhagen Network and Centre for Financial Accountability...
Caught in an economic slowdown, India’s clean energy transition is likely to go for a toss. What will be the cost? The ongoing slowdown in economic growth and electricity demand has worsened the deep...
The Government of Uttarakhand has entered into agreements with L&T Uttaranchal and Tehri Hydropower Development Corporation (now, THDCIL) to make the Singoli-Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project on the Mandakini River and the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project on...
In the last week of September 2019, as part of a team I attended a programme taking place in the village Bhumka in Sidhi District in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Sidhi is a neighbouring district...