With a placard protesting against the petrol price hike hanging around her neck, helmet-clad Banerjee waved at people on both sides of the road during the five-km-long journey from Hazra More to the state secretariat Kolkata: In a unique protest against fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rode pillion on […]
Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing: PM Modi
Consumers should be able to choose their supplier according to performance like any other retail commodity, he said. New Delhi: Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly “improved” the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution […]
Govt Aims To Produce 40GW Solar Energy By Rooftop Solar Projects In Next 1.5 Years: PM Modi
New Delhi [India]: Observing that the demand for the solar cells in India for the next 10 years will be 12 times more than the country’s manufacturing capacity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the central government is aiming to produce 40 gigawatt (GW) solar energy by rooftop solar projects in next one-and-a-half […]
Kerry, UN hail Modi govt’s energy policy, National Hydrogen Mission
New Delhi: US climate czar John Kerry has hailed the Narendra Modi government’s move to lead India to a hydrogen based economy. Hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel, and is considered to be one of the key sources of clean energy for the future. This fuel can be produced from various sources like natural gas, nuclear […]
India A “Red-Hot Investment Opportunity” For Its Clean Energy Shift: US
Kerry, the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, said he intends to work “very, very closely with” with Indian leadership including Prime Minister Modi and External Minister S Jaishankar Washington: India is actually a red-hot investment opportunity for its clean energy transition, top US official John Kerry said on Thursday as he praised Prime Minister Narendra […]
India will not only arrest environmental degradation, but will also reverse it: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s action shows its commitment to the cause of climate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday it will not just meet its Paris Agreement targets but exceed them and it will not just arrest environmental degradation but reverse it too. Besides, India will not just create new capacities but […]
SGPC plans to install solar systems at gurdwaras: Bibi Jagir Kaur
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday said it will install solar systems at historic gurdwaras to reduce the cost of electricity and a plan would be drawn for the preparation of ‘langar’ by steam. During a meeting of the interim committee held here on Tuesday, SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur said solar […]
India major player in environment protection: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was playing a major role in leading the world in environmental protection through international solar alliance as it was the only country which was on the right path to achieve Paris Accord’s environmental goals. Modi made the remarks while addressing the centenary celebrations of the […]
Puducherry govt opposed to privatising power distribution: CM
He said he had received a letter a few days back from the Centre urging the territorial government to privatise power distribution. Puducherry: Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Saturday said the territorial government was against the Centre’s move to privatise power distribution. “The Centre’s current proposal to privatise power distribution in Puducherry is […]
PM Modi to Inaugurate World’s Largest Renewable Energy Park in Gujarat on December 15
Prime Minister will be arriving in Gujarat on 15th to inaugurate the inauguration of world’s largest renewable energy park with a capacity of 30,000 megawatts (MW) from solar and wind energy and the launch of desalination plant set up at Mandvi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the world’s largest renewable solar and wind […]