The world faces unprecedented challenges in ensuring a sustainable future. In this critical endeavour, women are emerging as powerful change makers, driving progress.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the loss of life and economic instability (a 2.5% contraction of growth is suspected) globally at an unforeseen level.
Despite the aggressive and inspiring initiatives towards green energy development in India, the country is still the 3rd biggest oil consumer in the world.
Shri Narendra Modi led BJP Government has carried out some transformational reforms in India.
In March 2019, India achieved nearly 99% rural electrification status. The electrification scheme also known as Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya electrified more than 45,000 households every day for last 18 months.
India’s new Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her first and India’s 2019-20 budget on 5th July 2019.
Less than 90 days after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, Shri Narendra Modi, in his address from the Red Fort on India’s 68th Independence Day, gave a clarion call for “Make in India” for the first time.
To not become reliant on imported equipment, India must immediately work on developing the value chain ecosystem to become competitive in the long run.
Last Tuesday US Trade Representative’s office announced its’s intent to remove India from Generalised System of Preference (GSP) and served a 60 days’ notice to India.
China’s policy shift, mega tender cancellations and policies levying taxes and duties on solar industry in India, feed-in-tariff cut in Japan have made 2018 the year of uncertainty for solar. However, surveys suggest that global PV solar installations will see nearly 18% rise in 2019, finally reaching and may be surpassing 100 GW capacity addition.… Continue reading Global PV Solar Growth Analysis and Scenario in India
A blanket of CO2 has enveloped the world. And continues to deteriorate our climate. Frequency of heatwaves has increased, habitats have started to shift, spread of disease, raising sea levels and other not so subtle and often violent changes in the climate are now reality due to growing CO2 emission levels. Daily Global CO2 emission… Continue reading Sustainability and Climate Improvement needs Long Term Policies
Fossil fuel reserves are limited and are very close to depletion. The continuously shrinking reserves have given rise to energy cost, which stand to deprive more people (already 1 bn people live without electricity) of energy and spewed toxic fumes that have led to environmental degradation. Facing such a scenario, the world is on its… Continue reading Countries need Domestic Solar Manufacturing, Not a Global Supplier!