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Lights on: Brick kiln workers in western UP begin the transition to solar energyIn western Uttar Pradesh, solar panels have begun transforming brick kilns and workers' lives, reducing pollution and providing electricity...
Come winter, summer and now rain: protesting farmers ready for monsoons at Delhi bordersMonsoon rains also bring with them frequent power cuts, even in the best parts of the city, and these temporary townships on highways are n...
Mysuru: Solar-powered lights to deter animals a hit among farmersIn order to prevent wild animals from entering the villages, the forest department has taken up various measures including digging elephant...
Narendra Modi's electricity push fails to light rural IndiaPower shortages cost India the equivalent of about 7% of gross domestic product, the World Bank said in 2010, when the country witnessed su...
One year of Modi government: How BJP MP Poonam Mahajan is developing Charoti village7 months after PM launched a village adoption scheme, Mumbai N. Central MP Poonam Mahajan has set the ball rolling through collective devel...
Freemasons to adopt 50 cancer patients for treatmentCongregation of Freemasons from southern states and Goa, beginning as part of their first of its kind initiative, to adopt 50 cancer patien...
Crime in India & Pakistan: What both governments need to doModi must infuse India tangibly with the new politics he's spoken of. Much of this will be promoting the highly prosaic work of administrat...
Government, IIT-Bombay launch solar project to reduce kerosene subsidyIIT Bombay started a programme last year to distribute solar lamps to students living in non-electrified areas of the country.
- Online activity to provide solar power to villages
A skincare company has launched a social campaign named 'PowerLight a Village' with the hope of providing solar power to villages that do n...
- MTDC instals 100 solar lamps at Elephanta
Villagers residing around the famous Elephanta Caves on the Gharapuri islands have no power supply, but for tourists, the state tourism dep...
- Local innovation: Basic needs spell huge business
In this column written for The Economic Times, Laura Parkin, chief executive officer and co-founder of the National Entrepreneurship Networ...
- About 46 crore paid in solar subsidies to rural homes & villages in 2010
Government has paid at least 46 crore in subsidies to help rural homes and villages install solar-powered lights in 2010.
- US ready to hear out India’s concerns on outsourcing
The US will listen to concerns of India on outsourcing, but companies are happy with the current business environment in both the countries.
- In new light: The inequitable gender connection of solar energy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has advertised its intent to provide free solar lanterns to under-privileged girls living in unele...
- Annual Policy Statement '05
The complete Annual Policy Statement '05 as presented by Dr. Y Venugopal Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank Of india.