-The Times of India NAGPUR: The state cabinet has given a go ahead for distribution of over 7540 solar powered agricultural pumps in the state. It will be on a pilot basis under a Central scheme. State cabinet on Tuesday decided to allocate Rs 22.25 crore for the project estimated to cost Rs 445 crore. The Union government has decided to give a big push to solar energy and fixed a target...
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At 750MW, Madhya Pradesh to get world’s largest solar power plant -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Next year on Independence Day, India will have the world's largest 750MW solar power plant in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, which will pip America's much-vaunted 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight solar project in California, commissioned four days ago. Acquisition of 1,500 hectares of land for the Rs 4000 crore project is close to completion and government agencies are likely to invite Tenders from developers by April. The state...
More »Govt to hire consultants to write new umbrella green law -Nitin Sethi
-Business Standard The authority will have the powers to regulate waste management and conduct studies regarding environment and ecology The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has invited consultants to redraw the green laws of the country following up on the T S R Subramanian committee report. The consultants to be hired through a bid will help the government draw up an umbrella environmental law, which will subsume the existing legislations, as recommended...
More »Rural reach -Amita Sharma
-Financial Chronicle From the inner recesses of Chattisgarh to the upper crevices of Sikkim, a look at how MGNREGA initiatives are changing lives The large blackboard outside the police station reads like a rate list. There are different monetary awards for Naxalites' surrender with different weaponry, the highest, Rs 4.5 lakh, for surrender with a light machine gun, Rs 3 lakh with an AK 47, and only Rs 30,000 with a 12...
More »Govt to sell 504 drugs under 'Jan Aushadhi' -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: From July 1, you can walk up to a chemist and ask for a 'Jan Aushadhi' brand for your medicine, with the government set to launch its own brand to sell low cost generic medicines. The Centre will procure medicines in bulk from public as well as private drug manufacturing firms and rebrand them under 'Jan Aushadhi'. These will be sold in the retail market at...
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