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Nitin Kumar is a journalist with over seven years of experience covering the automotive industry, mines & minerals, and political affairs. Based in New Delhi, he focuses on policy reporting in sectors key to India’s sustainability goals. A two-time recipient of the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Journalism (2020, 2021), Kumar is also a regular expert on clean energy and policy on platforms such as All India Radio. He holds a PG Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Hons.).
Nitin Kumar is a journalist with over seven years of experience covering the automotive industry, mines & minerals, and political affairs. Based in New Delhi, he focuses on policy reporting in sectors key to India’s sustainability goals. A two-time recipient of the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Journalism (2020, 2021), Kumar is also a regular expert on clean energy and policy on platforms such as All India Radio. He holds a PG Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Hons.).
The Report notes that finance flows from developed to developing countries fall short of the levels needed to meet climate goals across all sectors and regions
Funding from rich nations should not be only source of climate finance, it says
"What you give to your people are not handouts but a social security net. The PM may dismiss social security schemes as 'revadis', but whenever there is an election, he increases the deadline of PDS"
Former Niti chief dwells on need for first-loss guarantees and blended finance to boost private capital flow; calls for installing 5 mn fast chargers, urges battery swapping and PLIs for localised mfg
In the eleven months of FY23, some 649,000 E2Ws were sold at an average of 59,000 units a month. E2W made up more than 60% of the overall 1.04 million EVs sold so far
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency will administer India's carbon trading framework, which is getting ready for its rollout
Down 40% since all-time high of 8,154 units in October 2022
Many are considering shutting shop as supplies are down to a trickle and operational costs exceed revenues
On the skilled manpower front, the cabinet minister said that Punjab has 11 major specialised research institutes engaged in the textile sector.
At summit, Punjab government says it has introduced self-certification for industries
India has already submitted its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy document at COP 27
The main focus at the two-day event will be on MSMEs, apart from agriculture and food processing, healthcare, manufacturing and light engineering, plastics and petrochemical, among others
30 tigers have died in India in the first two months of 2023
To deliver 25,000 XPRES-T EVs in a phased manner
Winners of 1st tender declared; Delhi gets highest 3,980
Green ammonia approved as alternative material for greenhouse gas mitigation
The project also plans to introduce additional prey in the larger enclosures, where the cheetahs were moved to after an initial stay in quarantine enclosures
The study says sea levels rose by 4.5 mm a year between 2013 and 2022, over three times the rate between 1901 and 1971
"We made a promise to our people, we are just delivering on that promise. Social security is their right," he said
FAME-II was launched with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore for a three-year period, but was extended till March 2024