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Press Release: Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025

Press Release Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025 September 25 | CESS, Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana: The T...

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India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015)...

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कोयले की शक्ति : अक्षय ऊर्जा के महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्यों के बावजूद उत्तर प्रदेश में कोयला आधारित 1600 मेगावाट पावर प्लांट को मंजूरी

Deepmala Patel भारत का लक्ष्य 2022 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा यानी रिन्यूएबल एनर्जी (अक्षय ऊर्जा या नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के उदाहरण...

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Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Coal Budget in the Budget 2023-24 was cut by 50%. The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is ...

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The Coal Trail

Tracking Investments in Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants in India India’s installed capacity for power generation has als...

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Coal Fly ash – a threat to our food and water security

Between 2010 and 2020, India has witnessed more than 76 fly ash related incidents with eight major fly ash dyke breach ...

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The Dark Side of Thermal Power Plants Case Studies of Thermal Power Projects and Violations of Law

Of India’s installed power generation capacity of 331,118 megawatts (MW), 58%, or around 193,426MW, is fuelled by coal....

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Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

A new civil society note has questioned the operations of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),...

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Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to e...

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Promise of Renewable and Clean Energy: What Changed in BJP’s Five Years

The generation of solar energy also forms part of the BJP’s plans to ‘double farmers’ income by 2022’ in view of enablin...

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September 25, 2025

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Press Release: Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025

Press Release Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025 September 25 | CESS, Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana: The Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025, was conducted today, 25 September 2025 at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies. This conference was organized by a coalition of...

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May 8, 2024

Soumya Dutta

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015) on climate change, the Indian government had pledged that 40% of its installed electricity capacity would be from Non-Fossil fuel energy sources (as these fossil fuels, Coal, petr...

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March 22, 2024

Deepmala Patel

कोयले की शक्ति : अक्षय ऊर्जा के महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्यों के बावजूद उत्तर प्रदेश में कोयला आधारित 1600 मेगावाट पावर प्लांट को मंजूरी

Deepmala Patel भारत का लक्ष्य 2022 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा यानी रिन्यूएबल एनर्जी (अक्षय ऊर्जा या नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के उदाहरण हैं – बायोगैस, बायोमास, सौर ऊर्जा इत्यादि.) से 175 गीगावॉट बिजली उत्पादन करने का था। साथ ही, भारत सरकार ने 2030 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा क्षमता को 500 गीगावॉट तक बढ़ाने की प्रतिबद्धता जताई ...

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March 9, 2023

Dhwani Shah

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

Coal Budget in the Budget 2023-24 was cut by 50%. The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is 50% less than the budget of the previous years. At the face of it, it would seem that India is phasing out of coal, but are we really? Private, Commercial coal mining is being prom...

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December 13, 2022

Kenneth Gomes

The Coal Trail

Tracking Investments in Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants in India India’s installed capacity for power generation has also seen a tremendous rise, standing at 405.77 GW. What is also readily observable is the dominant share of coal in the installed capacity equalling 204 GW, and is likely to retain i...

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September 7, 2022

Dhwani Shah

Coal Fly ash – a threat to our food and water security

Between 2010 and 2020, India has witnessed more than 76 fly ash related incidents with eight major fly ash dyke breach incidents happening only between 2019 and 2021. Even as the country went into the Covid-19 induced lockdown, we witnessed gruesome fly ash dyke (dam) breaches in the Singrauli dist...

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March 27, 2020

Priya Kamra

The Dark Side of Thermal Power Plants Case Studies of Thermal Power Projects and Violations of Law

Of India’s installed power generation capacity of 331,118 megawatts (MW), 58%, or around 193,426MW, is fuelled by coal. Gas-based and hydropower projects account for 25,150MW and 44,765MW, respectively. Coal, one of the key polluters dominates India’s energy mix. Indian economy is greatly depen...

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July 14, 2021

Counterview

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

A new civil society note has questioned the operations of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, seeking to fund projects in India through the Government of India’s...

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July 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to ensure that their funds are directed to sustainable investments. In a country like India, where land remains the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population, it is ...

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April 25, 2019

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Promise of Renewable and Clean Energy: What Changed in BJP’s Five Years

The generation of solar energy also forms part of the BJP’s plans to ‘double farmers’ income by 2022’ in view of enabling food providers to also take on the role of becoming energy providers. New Delhi: On Monday, the BJP unveiled its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. As part of plans laid...

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Press Release: Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

The Coal Trail

Coal Fly ash – a threat to our food and water security

The Dark Side of Thermal Power Plants Case Studies of Thermal Power Projects and Violations of Law

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Promise of Renewable and Clean Energy: What Changed in BJP’s Five Years

Press Release: Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?

The Coal Trail

Coal Fly ash – a threat to our food and water security

The Dark Side of Thermal Power Plants Case Studies of Thermal Power Projects and Violations of Law

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Promise of Renewable and Clean Energy: What Changed in BJP’s Five Years