संकट के समय गैर जरूरी है मध्य प्रदेश का अडानी से बिजली खरीद समझौता
देश और दुनिया कोरोनावायरस महामारी के इस सकंट को फैलने से बचाने मे लगे है। लाखों मजदूर भुखे और प्यासे पैदल आपने गाँवों की और लौट रहे है। यह कहना भी असंगत नहीं होगा...
India Tops G20 Governments as Third Largest Supporter of Coal
Press Release | May 27, 2020 New report updates analysis of public financing for energy projects To view or download the full report: http://foe.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020.05.26_Still-Digging-report_final.pdf WASHINGTON, D.C. / New Delhi – A new report released...
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...
कारपोरेट के लिए पर्यावरण प्रभाव निर्धारण प्रकिया में हो रहा है बदलाव ?
वर्तमान लाक डाउन में वन एवं पर्यावरण मंत्रालय ने एक बार फिर 12 मार्च 2020 को पर्यावरण प्रभाव निर्धारण प्रकिया 2006 में संशोधन हेतु ई.आई.ए 2020 प्रस्तावित किया है।जिसमें पर्यावरणीय मंजूरी के पहले ही...
लॉकडाउन का फायदा उठाकर सरकार विद्युत अधिनियम में विवादस्पद बदलाव लाने कर रही पुरजोर कोशिश
लॉकडाउन का फायदा उठाकर सरकार विद्युत अधिनियम में विवादस्पद बदलाव लाने कर रही पुरजोर कोशिश टैरिफ की दर बढ़ेगी, जिसे फिर जबरन उपभोगताओं से वसूला जायेगा यह विधेयक में एक असफल सार्वजनिक-निजी साझेदारी (पी.पी.पी.)...
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...
Experts demand withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill 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...
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...
A Bill that is Badly Timed, Mal-Directed and Devoid of Basics
Any Act or bill to get an act on electricity (or the larger issues of primary energy), has to first comprehend the basic functions electricity has in human society. Presumably, some form of electricity might...
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...
When comprehensive means cosmetic
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...
Green dreams and harsh realities: Plenty of renewables, little transmission
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...
US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.
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...
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...
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