Energy

Solar microgrids light up remote Jharkhand villages

New policy hopes to expand their reach and spread

Publication Date: 
21/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, LEDs, Energy Efficiency, Rural Energy, Energy Policy, Energy
Energy

Jharkhand buys Reliance Power’s Tilaiya plant for Rs 113 crore

Currently, 34 power plants with capacity of about 40,000 MW and outstanding debts of Rs 1.74 lakh crore are stressed.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2018
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Tilaiya, Thermal Power Plants, Power Industry, Energy
Sanitation

Swachh rankings are out, Indore gets cleanest city tag

The exercise covers 4,203 places; Jharkhand emerges as best performing State, Mysuru on top among medium-sized cities

Publication Date: 
17/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Indore (T), Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Waste Management, Sanitation
Air Pollution

Pollution control, campus style

Ranchi: SS Memorial College - one of the oldest constituents of Ranchi University - has become the first institution arguably in the whole of Jharkhand to take a concerted decision to observe no-ve

Publication Date: 
16/05/2018
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Air Pollution, Ranchi (T), Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Cycles
Agriculture

Govt to develop 3,000 clusters for organic farming

Ranchi: Lending a fillip to organic farming in the state, the Jharkhand government has decided to identify and develop 3,000 clusters across Jharkhand for promotion of organic farming.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2018
Debjani Chakraborty
Times Of India (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Organic Farming, Farmers
Agriculture

Govt to develop 3,000 clusters for organic farming

Ranchi: Lending a fillip to organic farming in the state, the Jharkhand government has decided to identify and develop 3,000 clusters across Jharkhand for promotion of organic farming.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2018
Times Of India (Ranchi)
Tags:
Organic Farming, Jharkhand, Horticulture, Land, Farmers, Pesticides, Agriculture
Environment

Rethink plastic to save planet

Jusco and JNAC are launching a war against the pollutant in run-up to World Environment Day, says Animesh Bisoee

Publication Date: 
27/04/2018
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Plastics, Environmental Security, Jamshedpur, Environment
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns operating within the buffer zone of the eco sensitive zone of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 26/04/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Dinkar Bricks & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/04/2018 regarding brick kilns operating within the buffer zone of the eco sensitive zone of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Also whether the brick kilns have valid consents to operate under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Environmental Clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.

Judgement Date: 
26/04/2018
Tags:
Bricks, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Dalma SA, Court, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Jharkhand, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

HC seeks report on air pollution

Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court directed the state pollution control board on Wednesday to ensure that stringent steps are taken to check rising pollution levels in the state and send its officials to

Publication Date: 
26/04/2018
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Air Pollution, High Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Mining
Health

Collective approach needed to curb malnutrition: Marandi

Social Welfare, Women and Child Development Minister Louise Marandi addressing a programme on ‘Nutrition’ on Tuesday said that a collective approach is required to eradicate the problem of malnutri

Publication Date: 
25/04/2018
Pioneer (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Child Health, Health Care, Health

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