Make in India: Green signal to cut the red tape
But transforming the business climate in India will need a buy-in from the states, which are responsible for giving many of the clearances ��� and most of the delays. Thats the big challenge. Implementation is key to the success of Make in India. If.
How much should be invested to beat climate change?
The report estimates that India would need a minimum of $2.5 trillion in energy investments over the next two decades, and preventing catastrophic climate change would require another $700 billion. Worryingly, this additional sum is equal to the total.
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Prime Minister Modis ���Make in India��� campaign will bring in foreign firms to build factories, expand economic growth, and elevate Indias living standards, still among the lowest of the emerging markets. Indias.. Its a very different picture on the other side of the Atlantic, where the EUs long term commitment to addressing climate change should see coal increasingly squeezed out of the energy mix... Funding and Programs for Clean Energy and Climate Change.
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: March 28, 2012
One can interpret the article as saying that the USA is now on the way to reaching this goal but let us compare some of the statements in the article to what the USAs Energy Information Agency (EIA) says... If we want to use it, we have to clean it up.���. The study, produced in partnership with the business leaders initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change), analysed known resources and locations of five metals ��� indium, tellurium, neodymium, lithium and cobalt.
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The Indian government is likely to announce new, bigger and more effective climate change targets by January 2015 when US President Barack Obama visits the country. The announcement is likely to include. In a bid to boost renewable energy, which is targeted to be 15 per cent of the energy mix by 2020, the government is set to impose stringent penalties on errant discoms who fail to meet renewable purchase obligations. This will be clubbed with a renewable��.
Narendra Modi to US: Lets make a deal
But Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks, has already sold out in anticipation of Prime Minister Narendra Modis meeting with the Indian American community on 28 September, part of Modis US tour at the end of the month.. Modis.
Solar mission: Govt to turn 20000 jobless graduates into entrepreneurs
Indias National Action Plan on Climate Change recommends that the country generate 10% of its power from solar, wind, hydropower and other renewable sources by 2015, and 15% by 2020. ���Harnessing the suns energy has several advantages over other .
Narendra Modis US visit may boost collaboration in education
. in areas ranging from sustainable development, climate change and renewable energy to health, engineering and pure science have already taken place under the initiative, according to the official website of US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF).
Mumbais own city administrator is need of hour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision to use Indian cities as engine of economic growth and for this reason he has presented his Governments vision for developing 100 smart cities to lift social-economic status of those who are deprived of.
G20 leaders join Narendra Modi in call to fight corruption
Modi proposed a global virtual centre for clean energy research and development (RandD), with adequate public funding, and invited G20 countries to invest in Indias expanding energy sector. Modi made the proposal while observing that increased access to .
Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI): Ground zero for.
ONCIXs report titled, Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace, designates information and communications technology (ICT) and civilian and dual-use technologies, including the clean energy and... India ranked sixth in the world in terms of P2P connections and filesharing, and many expect this to expand commensurate with the growing amount of broadband users in India.87 In film, one digital research firm approximated that as of May 2013,��.
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: February 1, 2010
CLIMATE change and worries about energy security have been the two dominant forces behind a growing popular resentment of the hydrocarbons sector in recent years. But, suggests Peter Maass, a New York Times��.
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We come together to call on our government leaders to recognise both the unacceptable risks that climate change creates for our societies, and the unprecedented opportunities a clean energy, low-carbon transition creates for our. Indeed, the crowning glory of the bilateral strategic partnership was the controversial India-U.S. civilian nuclear cooperation agreement ��� which succeeded despite the fact that it nearly brought down the previous government in New��.
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India: Community forest management as good as state management, more cost-effective. Source: LiveMint.Com of the Wall Street Journal, 6 March 2009. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) claims that in Uttarakhand state,. CDM is an arrangement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which allows industrialised nations to invest in clean energy projects in developing countries.
IFC to lend $50 million to Continuum Wind Energy
(IFC), a member of World Bank group, will lend $50 million to two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Continuum Wind Energy (India) Pvt. Ltd, to expand access to clean energy and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, IFC said in a release on Thursday. IFC has .
India will continue to be one of Japans biggest partners: Akihiko Tanaka
New Delhi: Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), says Indias relations with the island nation will get a boost under the new administration under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The agency is keen to expand its .
Lalgarh: Naxals trigger IED blast, 4 CRPF personnel killed.
Indias trade ministry has suggested almost tripling the foreign direct investment cap on defence equipment to 74 percent, a major policy change that would crowd many local companies out of the lucrative sector. The cap is.. The recently introduced climate Bill in the US, which seeks to curb emissions by setting up a cap-and-trade mechanism, if passed, will strengthen the post-2012 carbon trade and could open up a new market for the Indian clean development.
SBIs loan to Adani - Facts explained
Recent news reports that SBI would be lending $1 billion to Gautam Adani-led Adani group for its mine project in Australia have given rise to usual comments of cronyism and favouritism given that SBI is a public sector bank (i.e. Government of India.
South Asia Investor Review: Impact of Industrial Revolution.
Like China two decades ago and the United States in 1950, India stands on the cusp of transformational economic and social change, a jumping-off point at which the demand for electricity is about to explode. Its economy and. ���Policymaking in the energy sector is rather fragmented, and we really dont have a forward vision,��� said Rajendra Pachauri, who won the Nobel Prize in 2007 for his work as head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Pachauri��.
NUKE Deal Implementation Linked to Defence Pact and.
. Financial Express. New Delhi, September 29:: Defence co-operation between India and United States (US) will enter a new phase with India getting equipment for special forces... India and Climate Change Wall Street Journal. all 9 news articles ��.. Besides civil nuclear cooperation, the two sides are expected to discuss economic and defence ties and invigorating cooperation in fields of clean energy, agriculture, science and education. The Mumbai attacks��.
US, India to expand cooperation on climate change, clean energy
New Delhi: The US and India will seek to expand cooperation in climate change and clean energy, especially in solar and wind power, during US President Barack Obamas second visit to India and talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month.
India and Israel move to expand cooperation on energy security
Tel Aviv: India and Israel are working towards their first agreement to cooperate in the renewable energy sector, expanding their strategic relationship to energy security. A meeting to this effect was held in New Delhi on 1 December between Indias.
India-US ties needs fresh set of drivers to renew partnership
The prospects of India closing the power gap with China have diminished. For China, the peer to equal and surpass is the US. The fact that Chinas economy today is four times that of India and still expanding makes India a less credible countervailing.
Suzlon Energys Senvion unit wins 4 UK wind-power orders
The biggest was for 14 Senvion MM82 machines totalling 28.7 megawatts at the Penmanshiel wind farm developed by Renewable Energy Systems Ltd, Pune, India-based Suzlon said on Monday in an emailed statement. The project is due for completion in .
Maharashtras sugar cooperatives seek to expand in Africa
Our cooperative sugar factories, and we run four of them, are agri-based. We want to expand and this is the path we have chosen,��� Patil said. This is not the first Indian sugar cooperative to explore expansion in Africa.
Persistent Prejudice Against Nuclear���Can Anything Be.
There are examples in other areas, particularly the area of civil rights, where a decision was made to turn to the courts, as opposed to waiting for public prejudice to subside, or waiting for legislative or political change. In retrospect, few now regret. In addition, of course, there is the European Unions policy against ���state aid��� (i.e., subsidies) for specific industries or energy sources���with the exception of renewable energy, apparently. Standing���Whos got standing?
End Coal | CoalWire 63, 13th November 2014
Indias Coal Illusion. ���India alone has plans to build a coal fleet nearly twice the size of the entire U.S. coal fleet. But if this pipeline has you thinking that a coal-fired future is inevitable, think again. These grandiose plans are an illusion. Polling reveals opposition to Indian coal power plans: An opinion poll of 1000 people across nine states of India has revealed that 68 per cent prefer that future electricity needs be met from renewable energy sources rather than coal.
Karunanidhi blackmailing Congress: Jayalalithaa
NEW DELHI Dec 9 (Reuters) - Indias home minister said on Thursday the contours of a political solution to the Kashmir problem were likely to emerge in the next few months, a government statement said.. of a book, Restoring Values, edited by Delhi Metro Rail Corporations Managing Director E Sreedharan and Tata groups Resident Director Bharat Wakhlu, the judge also emphasised on the role of value-oriented education, and said that a change of mindset��.
Top issues likely to be discussed during Obamas India visit
Instead, India is likely to trumpet its plans for a rapid expansion of renewable energy, for which it needs US investment and technology, and improving energy efficiency. Economic Ties: Modi and Obama last year targeted a five-fold increase in annual.
India plans five $5 billion green energy funds
���We are seeking participation from both public sector and private institutions for setting up these dedicated green funds, given the funding requirements for Indias renewable energy sector,��� said a top government official, who spoke on condition of.
REDD in the news: 6-12 June 2011 | REDD-Monitor
Meridian Institute, June 2011 | Looking toward the 17th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) in Durban, South Africa, the Government of Norway commissioned Meridian Institute to undertake a new options assessment effort.. According to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, ���The Government is strengthening regional forest data accessibility by building a new satellite data receiving facility in northern Australia.
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India has said it will go by a country-specific clean waiver it has received from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).. Comments are welcome at theirview@livemint.com.. Washington (PTI) As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tries to rope in India in combating climate change, Microsoft has teamed up with her husbands NGO to create a free on-line tool for global cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to monitor��.