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@kundanmcu Stink in the leather belt
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
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Crores to gamble
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
A special corpus was announced in the Union budget of 2010-2011 to finance research and innovation in clean energy. The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) was received with much applause. Research in clean energy is the need of the hour, said officials and policy makers. The fund was raised on the basis of the “polluter pays” principle, wherein a clean tax of Rs 50 was levied on each tonne of coal mined or imported. Three years later, it turns out NCEF was all pomp and no show. With Rs 8,200 crore in its kitty, NCEF is ill-utilised and directionless.
Who dropped MESA?
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
On May 7, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition demanding that tribal-dominated Sundargarh district of Odisha be kept out of the purview of the Orissa Municipal Act of 1950. The petition, filed by Sundargarh Zilla Adivasi Advocate Association (SZAAA), contended that the Act was not applicable to Sundargarh as the district was listed under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
Enter green bond
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
In the past three months, the green technology market has witnessed unusual activities. While nobody doubted the necessity of such a technology to curb carbon emissions, the drought of investment haunted all. But the recent public issue of green bonds points at a surge of interest in funding such initiatives. Experts monitoring climate-related investments, however, urge caution.
