Energy

Thyagaraj solar energy to power city

New Delhi: If you

Publication Date: 
06/04/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Water Harvesting, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Electricity, Delhi
Economy

Draft guidelines on green SEZs

The draft guidelines on green SEZs introduced by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Has elaborated on optimization of use of energy, power, water consumption, plantation in the project, ventilation, internal roads, waste management, site restoration and preservation, etc. All new & existing SEZs must implement these green guidelines and go for green certification.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2009
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Water Harvesting, Transport, Waste Management, Energy, Electricity, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India
Environment

These roadies explore the country in solar cars for a cause

Mumbai: More than a fortnight ago, a group of 20 young men and women from different parts of the world, embarked upon an unusual journey in three solar plug-in electric Reva cars and an alternatively fueled truck. Their aim: to travel across the country, stopping at unknown villages as well as bustling metropolis, learning, profiling and documenting local eco-solutions at each stopover.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2009
Indian Express (Mumbai)
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Pollution, Water Harvesting, Solar Energy, Environment Education, NGO, Maharashtra, Mumbai

ITC's forest initiative greens over 77,000 hectares

Kolkata, March 10 ITC Ltd, according to the company's just released 4th Sustainability Report, under its Social and Farm Forestry initiative has greened over 77,0000 hectares, creating an estimated

Publication Date: 
11/03/2008
Business Line
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Environment, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Climate Mitigation, Industry
Industry

 The laboratory of development

How will vast regions of India, where highly unreliable rainfall makes the difference between famine and sustenance, cope with climate change? Over 85 per cent of the cultivated area in this country

Publication Date: 
30/12/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Wheat, Sugarcane, Groundwater Recharge, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Rural Water Harvesting, Check Dam, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Drought Management, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Panchayats, Maharashtra, Ahmadnagar (D), Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Forests

 Saga of two villages

DTE tracks the developments in Sukhomajri which became a model of self-reliant development in the 1980s due to successful management of ecological wealth by HRMS. But the situation has changed now. The forest department has hijacked the forest created by the villagers, while control of water is going into private hands.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
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Forests, Fodder, Livestock, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Dams, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Rural Development, Public Participation, Governance, Haryana, Sustainable Development, Statistics
Forests

 Rolling on

Bunga took the sukhomajri story forward The first village to follow Sukhomajri's development model was Bunga, just 30 km away in Haryana's Panchkula district (see timeline: Divergent trajectories).

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
Down to Earth
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Forests, Fodder, Livestock, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Dams, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Rural Development, Public Participation, Governance, Haryana, Sustainable Development, Statistics
Forests

 Now what?

Government must facilitate, not control The experiences of Sukhomajri and Bunga have a lesson: given the right conditions, external and internal, villages can be self-sustaining. But their inherent

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
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Forests, Fodder, Livestock, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Dams, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Rural Development, Public Participation, Governance, Haryana, Sustainable Development, Statistics
India

 Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

a planning Commission expert group on groundwater recently released its report. Titled Groundwater management and ownership, the report suggests community-based groundwater management at the farm

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Groundwater, Groundwater Assessment, Groundwater Regulation, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Urban Water Supply, Irrigation, Urbanisation, Planning, Public Participation, Community Groups, India
India

 Sub committee's report to frame water policy for industries

"bottled water and soft drinks industry should be charged higher water-cess'. This was among a series of recommendations issued by a sub committee to frame a water policy for industries. The sub

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Policy, Water Distribution, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Industry, India

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