On road to sustainability?
Many nice words, some money but no direction for real change
Poor show for renewable energy sector
Budget outlay for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy reduced
Budget 2013: the path remains the same
Crores to gamble
National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised
Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites
States asked to bear 60 per cent cost
How are you utilising green funds worth Rs 75,000 crore? SC asks Centre
The Supreme Court has asked the environment ministry to submit a status report on whether these funds are being utilised for environment …
Union Budget 2018: climate action funds lying unused is a concern
There is a possibility of unspent money being diverted to other more politically pressing concerns
Budget 2015-16 expectations: civil society groups demand more funds for climate adaptation
Policies should ensure that climate adaptation becomes integral to development, say activists
Budget 2016-17: Loose change for climate change
Budgetary allocation for expenditure on schemes and programmes and non-planned estimates account for only Rs 30 crore, reveals the fine print
A symbolic budget
While all the right words have been used in the budget, the programmes are neither well thought out nor given sufficient funds
Rajasthan to have world’s largest solar power project
Sambhar Ultra-Mega Green Solar Power Project will have more than double the total installed power capacity of India
Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal
Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage
Another batch of solar projects up for grabs in India
The government races ahead by announcing guidelines for new solar projects, with 3,000 MW worth of solar energy already opened up to stakeholders
Climate change
Modi government’s climate change actions–big on plans but unclear in implementation strategy
Reform in fossil fuel subsidy is a mitigation opportunity
Money saved from the phasing out of fuel subsidies can be used for social and development programmes
Centre prepares to launch solar mission phase 2
Draft document proposes 9,000 MW of grid-connected solar power and 800 MW of off-grid application; lacks clarity on critical issues
Who needs ultra mega solar power plants?
Government plans to set up four large-scale solar power plants that will cost a whopping Rs 1.2 lakh crore. Will they serve millions of energy poor?