Category : Environment

India has been classified as the least green country to make and drive electric cars, according to a report by independent research group Shrink That Footprint. The bottom-most ranking is due to an electricity grid dominated by high-carbon coal.   Titled ‘Shades of

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has sought Rs 462 crore in its budgetary allocation for improving the forest cover in India by five million hectares over the next 10 years as part of the Green India Mission. This is a substantial

It is like going back to the roots as a large section of farmers are switching to traditional yet healthier way of farming – organic farming. Revealing an interesting finding from its study on organic farming in Rajasthan, industry body Assocham said that

The government proposes to create 30,000 MW of fresh generating capacity from renewable sources of energy during the 12th five-year plan (2012″17). This will bring India’s overall renewable power capacity to 56,267 MW. The country’s power-generating capacity based on renewable sources currently stands

A study by two professors at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore asserts that India’s energy needs can be met entirely by solar and other renewable sources. The report, published in the journal Current Science, contradicts the widely propagated theory that

At least four leopards have been poached in India every week for the last decade. So says the report titled ‘Illuminating the Blind Spots: A Study on Illegal Trade in Leopard Parts in India (2001-2010)’, released by Traffic India, the wildlife trade monitoring

The Tripura government has announced plans to make Agartala a ‘solar city’, replacing at least 10 per cent of regular power use with solar energy. Inaugurating a 50-kilowatt solar power plant at the Agartala Municipal Council head office, the state Urban Development Minister

A Right to Information (RTI) query has thrown light on how illegal mining has become rampant in Billi Markundi reserve forest in Robertsganj township of Sonbhadra District. An area of 2622.10 hectares in this reserve was notified on November 5, 1969, under Section-4

In its report on the status of wildlife in Goa submitted to the state forest department, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has suggested including Goa as part of the Tiger Reserve complex. Goa forms part of the corridor connecting Anshi-Dandeli in Karnataka and

India’s state-owned NTPC Ltd ranks as the world’s sixth-largest polluter among 40 large power-generating companies, according to Centre for Global Development (CGD), a Washington-based think-tank. Four Chinese companies are among the top polluters, followed by a South African company at the fifth place.The