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BJP gains in Bengal may accelerate reforms push amid economic headwindsThe dominant National Democratic Alliance constituent at the Centre has registered its maiden victory in West Bengal, retained Assam and Pu...
Uttarakhand: Tent-based homestay inaugurated in Pithoragarh under Operation SadbhanvaUnder Operation Sadbhanva, a tent-based homestay was inaugurated in Kalapin, Pithoragarh district by Brigadier SPS Chouhan. This initiative...
No village in India left without access to electricity: FM Nirmala SitharamanIndia has made significant progress in rural electrification, providing every village with electricity. The Jal Jeevan Mission has provided...
View: India wants its people to go for electric cooking, but it's easier said than doneDespite the significant benefits of electric stoves and the impetus by the government, its widespread penetration and adoption is still lim...
India-Morocco to explore joint electrification projects in Africa; focus on renewablesMoroccan Minister of Energy, Mines & Environment Aziz Rabbah explained that India and Morocco can develop joint projects in the energy sect...
Off-grid energy investment at $2.1 billion in the last decade: Wood MackenzieWood Mackenzie estimates 420 million people now use standalone off-grid solar and another 47 million people rely on mini-grids for access t...
T-Hub, REC announces finalists for, 'Raising Young Innovators Conceptual Research Experience’ programAfter a screening process, three teams of six students were selected to showcase projects and prototypes to T-Hub.
With 1 million homes still in the dark, Modi government misses power goalThis will delay the success of a marquee $2.3-billion goal that Modi was planning to showcase before polls.
Power-for-all target shrinks in India as Narendra Modi's deadline nearsThe target has been narrowed after on-the-ground surveys revealed large numbers of families that had left their villages and migrated to ur...
India nears power success, but millions are still in the darkThe current level of electrification will keep almost 32 mn homes in the dark: govt deems a village 'electrified' if 10% of its households ...
Rural Electrification Corp to raise $300 million selling green bondsThe bonds are so called green bonds and will be used to finance environmentally friendly projects.
No socioeconomic benefits in rural India after electrificationA team of four academics conducted an experiment to estimate the effect of off-grid solar power on electricity and development of 1,281 rur...
EESL to file IPO papers after entering UKEESL could launch its IPO as soon as the fourth quarter, after a planned September issue of $100 million in Masala and dollar bonds in the ...
From happy banks to rattled drug firms, here are the winners and losers from Budget 2017Facing elections in 5 states starting, Modi’s government is seeking to raise spending on poverty alleviation and public works without strai...
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...
258 village electrified last week258 villages across six states were electrified in the week to February 21 under its flagship rural electrification programe, the Deen Daya...
Budget 2015: Hopeful of getting subsidies to support renewable tech, says Inder Jaisinghani of Polycab WiresHe further said that the key issues are lack of sufficient transmission & distribution capacities, under utilization of existing capacities...
- Cong forms 9 committees to monitor UPA schemes in UP
In a bid to corner BSP government in UP Congress has formed nine committees to monitor the flagship schemes of UPA government.
- Social audit bares shortcomings in Rural electrification program in UP
The outcome of the social audit and the shortcomings of the scheme to provide power to remote villages was put forth at a public consultati...
- Govt may shed 5% stake in NTPC before March
India’s largest power generating company National thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday said that the government may sell up to 5% o...