Budget 2026: Need to accelerate and deepen India’s climate transitionIndia's upcoming 2026 Union Budget is crucial for accelerating climate action. Past budgets have shown progress in renewable energy and gre...
31 Jan, 2026, 12.48 PM IST
Clean technologies no longer a choice but a necessity for steel industry: Minster KumaraswamyUnion Minister H D Kumaraswamy emphasized that adopting low-carbon technologies for green steel production is essential for decarbonization...
19 Jun, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
StanChart says clarity on India’s green rules will boost dealsIndia may face challenges in achieving its green targets. This is due to the absence of a clear taxonomy framework. Standard Chartered sugg...
30 Apr, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
Will Budget 2025 green-light India’s climate finance taxonomy?Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025 announcement to establish a climate taxonomy aims to guide investments towards sustainabl...
20 Jan, 2025, 11.20 AM IST
Govt defines green steel, sets emission standard to give star rating on productsIndia's government defined green steel as having CO2 emissions below 2.2 tonnes per tonne of finished product. A star-rating system will ca...
12 Dec, 2024, 05.58 PM IST
IREDA plans to raise around Rs 29,500 crore in debt, equity in FY25IREDA plans to raise around Rs 25,000 crore from the debt market and Rs 4,500 crore through equity this fiscal. The agency has submitted a ...
02 Sep, 2024, 10.40 PM IST
Sovereign green bonds trading at IFSC to commence in 2nd half of this fiscal: RBI GuvReserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das revealed plans to begin trading sovereign green bonds at Gujarat's International Financial Services C...
10 Aug, 2024, 04.07 PM IST
Get ‘taxonomy’ right first then seek investors in green sector: Ajay TyagiSynopsis: Massive fundraising required but it can shock the economy and create financial stability risk if done in an unplanned manner, cau...
08 Nov, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Regulations, policies need to be updated to reduce carbon emissions: RBI reportThe report titled 'Towards Cleaner Greener India' said that besides carbon taxes and and ETS standards for carbon emission rates and energy...
03 May, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
Strengthen Capital markets to help GDP hit $40 trillion by 2047: AssochamIn a report titled 'Indian Capital Markets: Driver of Growth During Amrit Kaal' released on Monday, Assocham recommended easier market norm...
28 Feb, 2023, 01.02 AM IST
India plans to classify clean activities, technologies under a new policy: SourcesThe renewable energy ministry and the finance ministry are working on the draft policy. Neither ministry responded to queries from Reuters.
27 Jan, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
Greening India while growing India: Creating fresh capacities in green energyIt is clear that India has begun to walk its talk on making the country net-zero by 2070. This is interesting, given that the onset of the ...
01 Jan, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
G20 Presidency: Can India be the global south’s voice for climate finance?MDBs are being encouraged by the G20 to submit an update on the recommendations of the G20’s independent CAF review in Spring 2023 on the s...
23 Dec, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Taxonomy and clear definitions needed to prevent 'greenwashing': RBI deputy governor RaoReserve Bank Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao on Thursday called for a taxonomy on green finance to avoid the risk of "greenwashing". Green ...
22 Dec, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
Net-Zero 2070 target: How India will need to fund the green transitionA look at the broad estimates of climate financing requirements and annual inflows indicate that financing has to be increased by almost a ...
29 Jul, 2022, 10.57 PM IST
Gas and nuclear are 'green'? Not so fast, say some investors"The main concern is almost one of principle. Once you start to interfere politically in the taxonomy, then actually you open the floodgate...
26 Jan, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
How green is our nuclear and gas?Discussions in the EU on gas and nuclear are expected to be mirrored in other parts of the world, India included. There is agreement that e...
05 Jan, 2022, 11.14 PM IST