The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has published a report entitled: 'Solar PV Industry 2010: Contemporary scenario and emerging trends'. This report looks at the contemporary scenario of the solar PV industry, both globally and within India. The analysis is based on a comprehensive review of secondary literature and extensive fieldwork.
Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the parallel subsector of sanitation
progress is falling far short of the mark.
A key question that relates to the
very broad and intensive use of
metals is whether society needs
to be concerned about long-term
supplies of any or many of them. The continued increase in the use
of metals over the twentieth century
has led to a substantial shift
from geological resource base
to metal stocks in society.
E-waste Rules, 2010 is a very important regulation issued by Ministry of Environment & Forest as it integrates the most progressive principle of Extended Producer Responsibility. The Draft Rules, though, need to look closely at the guiding objective and formulate and mandate measures based on that.
In December 2009, an important United Nations climate change conference (COP15) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, which forms the basis for further negotiations in
Cancun, Mexico, later this year.
This report by ACWADAM is a synopsis of the hydrogeological study carried out for Bird-K in Pavagada, Sira and Bagepalli areas, Tumkur District, Karnataka. The study aimed at an impact analysis of recharge through borewells as well as suggesting new sites for the same.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be held in New Delhi, India, from 3-14 October 2010. Given the many unanswered questions that have marked the CWG process, the Housing and Land Rights Network
A joint study carried out by Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India, and the Assam Forest Department, has shown that Kaziranga National Park has the highest density of wild tigers in the world. The report is the result of a study carried out during January-March 2009.
