Covid-19 Created Opportunity to Implement Greener, More Circular Economy: Dr. Ajay Mathur Updated On Sat, Jun 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy The coronavirus pandemic has created the opportunity to implement a greener, more circular economy, said Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute, (TERI). He was speaking at a webinar hosted to mark the World Environment Day on the theme, “Resource Efficiency for Greening of Recovery and fostering Sustainable Economic Growth in a […] Read more
Govt Drafts New Battery Waste Management Rules; Seeks Suggestions Updated On Fri, Feb 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy The government has drafted new rules for battery waste management that will make it the responsibility of manufacturers, importers, assemblers and re-conditioners to collect used batteries against the new ones sold by them. According to an official notification, the proposed draft rules known as the ‘Battery Waste Management Rules, 2020’ include all kinds of batteries as listed in the Schedule-I, regardless […] Read more
Sitharaman Holds Pre-Budget Consultation with Experts of Energy, Climate Change, Infra Sec Updated On Sat, Dec 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy In a step towards the preparation of General Budget 2020-21, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, held 7th Pre-Budget consultation on Friday with various industry stakeholders. During the meeting, the infrastructure sector stakeholders and experts from the energy sector and climate change were present as the General Budget is scheduled to […] Read more
India Proactively Contributed to Combat Climate Change Updated On Tue, Nov 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy India has proactively contributed towards multiple efforts in order to combat climate change, said Babul Supriyo. Supriyo, who is the Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, has informed in a written reply in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The minister further added that, India will continue […] Read more
TERI Suggests Four-Pronged Strategy to Govt for E-Mobility Updated On Fri, Jun 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The move came after recent bold proposal from the government think tank Niti Aayog for permitting sale of only EVs by 2030, which likely to impose substantive costs on users. In wake of India’s efforts towards achieving its e-mobility targets, country’s one of the leading energy and environment think tank, The Energy and Resources Institute […] Read more