Power from solar energy contributed only 0.41% of overall power demand in India in 2013-14. A cumulative installed capacity (CIC) of 100 GW of solar power by 2021-22 would help scale up India’s solar capacity to 9% of total power demand.
On 15 August 2014, the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the intention to launch a new mission, Swachh Bharat, on 2 October 2014, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.
Depletion of fossil fuels at an alarming rate coupled with ever growing challenges due to anthropogenic induced climate change stress has attracted increasing attention to blending bio-fuels worldwide. India's primary energy use is projected to expand massively to deliver a sustained GDP growth rate of 9per cent through 2031-32.
This study seeks to examine the energy-development context in Odisha to chalk out the state’s major energy challenges. In doing so, the study also examines the ongoing renewable energy initiatives, focusing on the existing institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks.
Trade-off between economic development and environmental protection becomes critical for any country aspiring for high growth for achieving development objectives.
This handbook, a cooperation project of the Vasudha Foundation India and the Heinrich Boell Foundation offices in India and North America, has been designed as a guide for civil society groups and other stakeholders in India to understand the various issues around climate finance needs and flows, specific to the Indian context.
Climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVAs) help us to understand the extent to which ecological and human systems are likely to be affected by climate change and provide information on sensitivity and exposure to changes in climate as well as the adaptive capacity of systems and populations to withstand these changes.
The key objectives of the Industrial Promotion Policy 2014 are: Rationalization and simplification of procedures to ensure effective implementation of policy; To improve investor facilitation and enhance ease of doing business; To create an enabling environment for robust industrial growth; To achieve higher and sustainable economic growth by ac
The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) to provide a theoretical framework for analysing international climate policy architectures and their effectiveness, covering
