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The council is planning to install solar panels in 27 of its schools.

In its bid for the ‘smart city’ tag, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)’s solar project is gathering momentum.

Plans to install 15,000 MW of solar power in next five years may become unviable with states being reluctant to buy costlier clean energy

The state government has set an ambitious target to generate 14,400 MW from the non-conventional energy sector. A policy in this regard will be unveiled soon.

While the government wants to generate 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022, it is yet to seriously implement steps to meet production and transmission targets

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked all states to come out with a solar policy, a move that will help the Centre meet its clean energy target.

Public sector banks have made ‘green lending’ commitments totalling ₹1,70,740 crore to help stakeholders put up renewable energy projects over the next five years.

Groundwater ha s emerged as the mainstay of irrigated agriculture in India. However, ineffective institutional arrangements for its management have resulted in both groundwater over-exploitation and wasteful use of energy. To address the dependence of groundwater use on energy, suggestions have been made to adopt solar-powered irrigation pumps. It is argued that solar pumps are not only economically unviable, but under the present policy context, their use would do little to reduce groundwater and energy use in Indian agriculture.

The state has not been able to showcase concrete work on Centre's ambitious plan to convert select five Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa into solar cities in three years of time.

The Budget proposals for 2015-16 has no strategy in place to address green concerns, the Centre of Science and Environment (CSE) said, adding that the only “green initiative” of the Narendra Modi g

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