Tough measures for efficiency of coal plants

October 2018

According to an IIM-Ahmedabad report, increasing efficiency of existing thermal plants through tough measures will help in achieving nationally deter...

Tags: Thermal plants, 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, Coal plants

Orient Cement to increase production

September 2018

Orient Cement is aiming for an expansion of production capacity of its existing plant. It has signed a pact with the Telengana Government and plans t...

Tags: Orient Cement, Telengana Government, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

APSEZ plans Kattupalli port expansion

September 2018

Adani Ports has announced its expansion plans for Kattupalli Port within a month after signing a share purchase agreement with Larsen & Toubro to acq...

Tags: Adani Ports, Kattupalli Port, Larsen & Toubro, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

It takes 40 challenging steps to gain construction permits in India. Need to fast-track these!

July 2018

With the above 40 steps, it is no surprise that India is at the bottom of the list in respect to dealing with construction permits. Although the coun...

Tags: Construction, Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change, NOC, Ministry of Culture, National Building Code, MEP, Rohit Katyal, Capacit'e Infraprojects

India represents a $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunity

March 2018

At the outset, Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist at the Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Ban...

Tags: Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Renewable energy, transport, Green buildings, Municipal solid waste management, Smart urban, Electric vehicles, PPP, Instruments, SEBI, SBN, Indian Banks Association, Nationally Determined Contributions, Manish Pant

Govt to build cement plants near power plants to use fly-ash

April 2017

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will examine the possibility of building cement plants near power plants to use fly-ash. Only ...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, Pozzolana, Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, Pozzolana Portland Cement, Fly-ash

GMR’s airport SEZ plea turned down

February 2017

A proposal by the GMR Group for converting an aviation SEZ into a multi-product SEZ has been rejected by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under t...

Tags: GMR Group, Aviation, SEZ, Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, GMR Aerospace, Industrial Park

Cairn gets nod for 64 exploratory wells

February 2017

A committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has given the green signal to Cairn India for undertaking drilling works of...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Cairn India, KG basin, EAC