Dark future for coal

India is pushing for more coal-based power generation but recent reports raise serious concerns over the viability of coal-fired plants

India’s Child Development Index ranking drops

Is placed along with countries like Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao

Inordinate delay

Blank on target

Most states fail to achieve renewable energy target under the climate change action plan

Thermal power generation set to expand six times

What it means

Renewable energy demand-supply mismatch

At the first trading session supply was about 500 RECs while demand was at 1,00,000 RECs

New regulations proposed for determining renewable energy tariff

Power producers demand higher benchmark prices for cost components

Budget brings no relief to health sector

FM does not mention Universal Health Coverage, combines rural and urban health missions while making allocations

Out of pocket health spending has risen in rural India: study

Even after adjusting inflation, spending has increased 25 per cent in six years

Tamil Nadu Solar Policy: will it be enforced?

State aims to have same amount of solar as is now installed in all of India by 2014

‘Brick kiln workers in India underpaid and exploited’

India employs double the number of labourers than China, yet produces one-fifth of China’s annual brick production of 1 trillion

Solar mission phase II may reign in import of thinfilms

Earlier mandate of domestic content requirement only for crystalline silicon technology led to most developers importing cheaper thinfilm solar panels

Odisha seeks help to buy costly renewable energy

Other states may follow suit as cash-strapped state discoms find the going difficult

New guidelines for national solar mission power projects

Reverse bidding retained, small changes like use of domestic content raises technology concerns