The Dark Side of Thermal Power Plants Case Studies of Thermal Power Projects and Violations of Law

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...

Read more March 27, 2020 at 1:45 am Priya Kamra

India’s Thermal Power Projects are Making Even our Public-Sector Banks Sick

We all know of the killing impacts of coal based power plants – from the massive air pollution, from water contamination and from the dirty coal mines. As per the “State of Global Air...

Read more August 26, 2017 at 1:57 pm Soumya Dutta

How India is making a way for coal?

Energy Sector Updates – Part 1How India is making a way for coal? Coal has not been only always...

Random Reflections: Micro Finance – Time to look back and make a ‘U’ turn

In 1992, Self Help Groups (SHGs) promoted by NABARD as a Pilot Programme came as a boon for women...