Ravleen Kaur

Have zones for renewable energy: MNRE

Policy Matters this week: MNRE devises zones for renewable energy production, Orissa bans fishing for Olive Ridley turtles' nesting and India and China sign agreement on trans-border rivers.

Posted on 01 Nov, 2013 11:55 AM

Ministry recommends dividing the country into renewable energy zones

Wind energy in go green zone Source: Wikipedia

Sikkim villagers revive lake dry for 25 years

News this week: Sikkim villagers revive lake, power production from Kudankulam nuclear plant begins and solar micro-grid project to come up in Bihar.

Posted on 01 Nov, 2013 11:42 AM

Sikkim village revives lake that lay dry for 25 years

India moves up on the Global Hunger Index

News this week: India moves up on the Global Hunger Index, Churu on its way to total sanitation and Phailin affected areas face drinking water stress.

Posted on 21 Oct, 2013 04:56 PM

India moves up two notches on the Global Hunger Index

Child malnutrition Source: The Indian Express

37% of the Western Ghats to be eco-sensitive

Policy matters this week: One-third of the Western Ghats declared eco-sensitive zone, Narmada canals' water to go to industry and the government to construct godowns for food grains under MNREGA.

Posted on 21 Oct, 2013 04:20 PM

37% of the Western Ghats "ecologically sensitive"

Shola grasslands in Western Ghats Source:Wikipedia

Cyclone Phailin finally wanes

News this week: Cyclone Phailin wanes, Chandrapur power plant pollutes city and Central Railways save power worth Rs. 5 crore.

Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 12:26 PM

Cyclone Phailin finally wanes

Phailin over the Bay of Bengal (Wikimedia)

110 countries pledge to phase out mercury

Policy Matters this week: 110 countries sign Minamata convention, railways to have bio-toilets and Water Bill to include sewerage charges in Ahmedabad.

Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM

110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury

No more mercury thermometers (Wikimedia)

World's biggest solar power plant to come up in Rajasthan

Policy matters this week: At 4000 MW, Rajasthan will soon have the world's biggest solar power plant, NGT slaps a fine on the Environment Ministry and the UN tells POSCO to halt operations in Odisha.

Posted on 07 Oct, 2013 08:15 AM

Rajasthan to have world's biggest solar plant

Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated

News this week: Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated, artificial oxygen to clean Ulsoor lake and 20% government schools in Delhi don't have water connection.

Posted on 06 Oct, 2013 10:54 PM

Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated

Right to safe drinking water (Source: Merck Group)

Government allows shale gas exploration

Policy Matters this week - Government allows shale gas exploration, companies to be ranked for corporate social responsibility and the government relaxes penalties for hydropower companies.

Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 06:00 AM

Government allows shale gas exploration

Shale gas exploration in Alaska Source: Wikipedia

Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh among least developed

News this week - Central government declares development index, Maharashtra drought ends and one-fifth of the country's STPs don't work.

Posted on 29 Sep, 2013 07:56 PM

Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh among least developed

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