With the Union Government removing the accelerated depreciation benefit for investors in wind mill projects from April 1, 2012, investment in the wind energy sector will not be attractive to the small captive investors, according to K. Kasthoorirangaian, Chairman of Indian Wind Power Association.

Investors had the option to go in for accelerated deprecation or generation-based incentive. According to a recent notification of the Income-tax Department, for wind mills installed from April 1, 2012, depreciation is restricted to 15 per cent plus 20 per cent of the investment in wind mills, as against 80 per cent extended so far.

In the last three months, one person died and 12 others were diagnosed with the A (H1N1) virus in the State, according to a release from the Department of Health and Family Welfare here on Monday.

The infection was found to have affected people in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruppur. The only death reported is that of a 72-year-old farmer who had succumbed to the infection due to old age and delay in seeking treatment.

Amid protests from local politicians, an illegal dyeing unit was demolished by a team of revenue officials and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) personnel at Venanthur town – located more

Coimbatore: A 75-year-old farmer from Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur died of H1N1 virus infection, the first swine flu death in the state in two years.

Use of plastic bags for several years has made it an inseparable part of one's life. To shun it, there is need for a strong will and concern for environment, said S. Shanthakumar, Revenue Divisional Officer, Coimbatore on Thursday.

He was speaking at the inauguration of a workshop on ‘Ill-effects of the usage of use-and-throw plastics' organised by Care Globe Foundation, an NGO in association with Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and District Administration.

The solution is to learn how to keep consumption below eight units a day

With power charges hitting the roof, all that the domestic consumers in the State would have to think of at present is how to restrict their consumption below 500 units. Beyond that level, there is not even an iota of subsidy.

Aryadan says it is a Central power generating station

Minister for Electricity Aryadan Mohammed has said that Tamil Nadu has no right to demand the entire quantity of power to be generated at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP).

The Tamil Nadu Government has approached the Supreme Court to prevent Karnataka from using the Cauvery water stored in its four main reservoirs for irrigation between February and May.

The Tamil Nadu Government will spend nearly Rs 540 crore in procuring 3,000 new buses for the State Transport Corporation.

The Tamil Nadu Government has asked the Centre to allocate the entire power from the proposed Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to the State.