For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to invest in the generation of an energy considered costly, but also dramatically drove down the cost of producing this energy. In its celebration, little did the government realise that a major conglomerate had subverted rules to acquire a stake in the solar mission much larger than allowed legally. Like the big telecom players in the 2G scam, here a company called LANCO Infratech set up front companies that bid for solar power projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.
for full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/truth-about-solar-mission?page=0,0 [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/truth-about-solar-mission
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/truth-about-solar-mission?page=0,0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chandra-bhushan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jonas-hamberg
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-new-and-renewable-energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/government-india-goi
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/grid
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corruption
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-thermal-power
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development
