Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
HPCL launches cowdung-to-compressed biogas projectThe project is expected to be commissioned in a year, HPCL said in a statement on Tuesday. The project is coming at Pathmeda in the Jalore ...
23 Aug, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Bio-CNG plant: Gobhar Dhan Yojana will set benchmark in sync with Swachh Bharat Mission goals to reduce pollution, says PM ModiPM Modi said that the government is working on introducing 75 more Bio-CNG plants in 75 other districts and villages to benefit farmers in ...
19 Feb, 2022, 03.55 PM IST
Prime Minister Modi inaugurates 550-tonne capacity Bio-CNG plant in IndoreDuring the event, Modi said, "Lakhs of tonnes of garbage occupied thousand of acres of land for decades in cities across country that cause...
19 Feb, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
PM launches Ujjwala 2.0, targets previous govts for taking 'decades' to fulfil people's basic needsDuring Ujjwala 1.0 launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to five crore women members of BPL households.
10 Aug, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Govt to give Rs 1 lakh crore additional income to farmers, Ghazipur waste dump to be cleaned soon: PradhanHe said the government has come up with a scheme to procure ethanol worth Rs 20,000 crore which will help increase farmer's income.
04 Feb, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Cow waste isn’t exactly BSSome 300 mn cows produce 3 mn tons of output every day in India, according to statistics quoted by PM Modi in Mann ki Baat.
07 Sep, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
PM Modi targets Rs 12,000 crore saving in oil import bill from ethanol useThe world's third largest oil consumer is dependent on imports to meet 81 per cent of its needs.
10 Aug, 2018, 07.28 PM IST
Here's how two rural entrepreneurs are powering Centre's 'gobar-dhan' schemeThe cattle dung-based power plant started in 2014 and that too without government support. The bio-gas plant generates close to two megawat...
01 May, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
Ensuring women's participation in every walk of life our duty: PMModi also emphasised the need for effective and joint disaster management. He said,"Like joint military exercise, there should also be join...
25 Feb, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
Modi govt plans Gobar-Dhan scheme to convert cattle dung into energyCalled Gobar-Dhan, the scheme roadmap is not just meant as a means to convert waste to wealth, but is an ambitious effort to clean India’s ...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
From boost to groundwater irrigation to Gobar-dhan scheme, a glance at Budget 2018Strengthening the groundwater irrigation scheme under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna, the government has allocated Rs 2,600 crore.
02 Feb, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
Decoding Mr Arun Jaitley’s poll-bound Budget 2018Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed India’s farmers directly when he pegged the minimum support price at 1.5 times the cost of inputs.
02 Feb, 2018, 08.58 AM IST
Over 2 crore new toilets to be built; new GOBAR-DHAN scheme launched for solid waste managementThe new scheme is aimed at making India an open-defecation free country and improving the live of villagers, said FM Jaitley.
01 Feb, 2018, 05.19 PM IST