The goal of this report is to inform investors about the potential of solar minigrid technologies to serve India’s rural market. India, a rapidly emerging economy with the world’s second largest population, is facing a surging energy demand.
India has experienced a phenomenal growth in the number of mobile phone users. The increased use of mobile phones in India has raised public interest in possible health issues associated with exposure to electromagnetic energy. People are concerned about exposure from mobile handsets and mobile towers.
Among the four largest cotton-producing countries, only Pakistan had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010. However, the cultivation of first-generation (Cry1Ac) Bt cotton, unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005.
With the long-term goal of promoting and accelerating the implementation of climate mitigation technologies, this study aims to facilitate the development of a policy framework for promoting sustainable investment climates for climate-friendly investments in South Asia and elsewhere.
Climate change increasingly affects the livelihoods of people, and poor people experience especially negative impacts given their lack of capacity to prepare for and cope with the effects of a changing climate. Among poor people, women and men may experience these impacts differently.
Almost all commonly available sound emitting firecrackers exceed the prescribed noise level limits set by the Supreme Court, shows this study by PESO of 846 sound emitting firecrackers from 144 manufacturers in Sivakasi.
The policy aims to provide a clear direction for the development of cottage, small and medium industry; to prepare them for the opportunities and challenges of globalization; to ensure that they play an increasing role in fostering economic development; to generate employment and support equitable distribution of income and bring about balanced
A serious lack of reliable and consistent data severely hampers scientific knowledge about the state of Himalayan glaciers. As a result, the contribution of glacial melt to the Himalayan river basins remains uncertain.
The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region are among the largest and most spectacular in the world. Although there is some scientific knowledge and information about the state of the glaciers of the HKH region, with implications for future water supplies, there is also significant uncertainty.
