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The author is correspondent at BW Businessworld, he has a keen interest in sustainability and environmental economics
On June 15th, Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan exhorted the public to undertake environmentally-friendly activities every day and send details about it to the Ministry so that it can be publicised
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In May 2017, an expert committee chaired by Dr M A Chitale submitted its report on ‘Preparation of Guidelines for Works on Desilation from Bhimgauda (Uttarakhand) to Farakka (West Bengal) of river Ganga’ to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, as per a report by PRS Legislative Research. Here is the key observations and recommendations of the Committee
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However, significant challenges are posed when scaling-up and broadening the scope of the project. The most pertinent concern of the team remains to assure best quality service to every child in rural India whom we have served.
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In any developing country, energy is very important. India has been reducing its fossil fuel consumption through policy decisions like National Smart Grid.
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The 5BB cells, part of RenewSys’ RESERV range of solar PV cells, will be manufactured using world class European PV cell equipment.
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With India being one of the first countries to mandate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there is a growing interest among various stakeholders to see how the scenario is progressing.
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Education about diabetes, the various risk factors, and complications, importance of a healthy diet, increasing physical activity levels, regular checkups and the need for screening will go a long way in reducing the burden of diabetes and associated complications.
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The government intends to achieve 40% cumulative electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, and a 33-35 per cent decrease in emission intensity, which will require a tectonic shift from fossil-fuel based sources
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At the clean energy press conference in Beijing, the state’s governor said that Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris accords would only be a temporary setback and that individual US states, China and European countries would try to negate Trump’s decision by assuming leadership in this issue
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Here is a summary of all the policies in the Environment Sector for the time period April 2016 till March 2017
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