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India to Cap Investment in EV Charging for Tariff Relief as Tesla Entry Looms, Document Shows
India's EV policy will restrict them from using funds spent on charging infrastructure for such relief. But the policy will mandate that automakers can count only five percent of their total EV investment as coming from creation of charging infrastructure, even if they spend much more on the power network, according to government document.
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Japan’s New Energy Policy: Nuclear Power and Renewables Key to Future Growth
Japan is advancing a new energy policy that maximises nuclear power and expands renewable energy to meet rising electricity demand and ambitious decarbonisation targets. The plan envisions nuclear energy accounting for 20% of the supply by 2040 while renewable sources could supply up to 50%. This strategy also includes reducing reliance on coal and...
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Telangana EV Policy 2024: Here's Everything You Need to Know
Telangana's new EV Policy 2024, announced by Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, offers 100% road tax and registration fee exemptions for EVs until 2026, removing previous caps on eligible vehicles. This move, alongside plans for better charging infrastructure and phasing out diesel buses, supports Hyderabad's goal of reducing air pollution. Citizens are ur...
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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Opinion | Is India Ready To Go All-EV By 2034? Absolutely Not
The hidden carbon footprint of EVs, the inadequacy of our renewable energy infrastructure, the strain on our power grid and the economic and geopolitical ramifications, all paint a grim picture of a policy that could backfire disastrously.
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"I Can See A Lot More Foreign Policy Successes Under Modi 3.0": Bhutan PM
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership in the past 10 years, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Sunday said that India has grown spectacularly and the development in infrastructure - airports, roads, rails, seaways has been unprec
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Infra Sector Turnaround Due To PM Modi's Personal Monitoring: Finance Minister
PM Modi active role and personal monitoring is responsible for the turnaround of the infrastructure sector, which suffered due to policy paralysis during the UPA regime, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
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Mudra Scheme Created "8 Crore New Entrepreneurs": PM Modi Jabs P Chidambaram
PM Narendra Modi today said the "new India" is moving ahead with new policies and strategies, and his government is working proactively in matters of technology and infrastructure, shunning the "reactive approach" of the past.
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India's Digital Public Infrastructure Is Open Source, Transferable, Secure: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister of Communications Ashiwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said "what is unique about India's digital public infrastructure is that it is open source, interoperable, scalable, transferable, secure, and based on public-private partnership. India has made it a policy objective to ensure the benefits of the digital economy reach the last mile —...
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TRAI to Bring Consultation Paper on Digital Inclusion, Will Focus on Devices, Connectivity, Literacy
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will bring out a consultation paper to further strengthen digital inclusion, looking at three key aspects of devices, connectivity and literacy. The consultation paper on anvil is expected to look at three key aspects -- devices, connectivity and literacy.
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Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Have Most Comprehensive EV Policies in India, Study Says
Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh are the four states with the most comprehensive EV policies, according to a study by Climate Trends. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Delhi - states that released their policies before October 2020, are not on track to meet their targets of ...
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Opinion: Budget 2023 - What To Expect From PM Modi
PM Modi's core economic agenda is to promote India as a rival manufacturing destination to China. He has sought to achieve this by incentivizing private factory expenditure and allocating more state resources to infrastructure, particularly rail and road. uncertain global demand and lackluster domestic consumption may keep a lid on private invest...
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India Aims to Copy China, But Not in Lending-by-App Craze
There’s a lot about Beijing’s decades-long infrastructure push and investment-led growth that India wants to emulate. But when it comes to the consumer economy, aping China’s out-of-control digital lending boom is strictly off the policy agenda. The Reserve Bank of India’s recently released guidelines for app-based loans show a clear desire...
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Chhattisgarh Government Approves Electric Vehicle Policy, Aims to Generate Employment
The Chhattisgarh government on Friday approved the Chhattisgarh Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022, as part of the state government’s target to make the state an EV manufacturing hub and generate employment. Companies manufacturing EVs, components of EV and EV batteries, and charging infrastructure will also be incentivised with capital subsidy, a...
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Tata Steel To Focus On Organic Growth, Fresh Acquisitions Unlikely This Decade, Says CEO
Tata Steel will look to grow organically and is under "no pressure" to look at fresh acquisitions during this decade
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India to Cap Investment in EV Charging for Tariff Relief as Tesla Entry Looms, Document Shows
India's EV policy will restrict them from using funds spent on charging infrastructure for such relief. But the policy will mandate that automakers can count only five percent of their total EV investment as coming from creation of charging infrastructure, even if they spend much more on the power network, according to government document.
-
Japan’s New Energy Policy: Nuclear Power and Renewables Key to Future Growth
Japan is advancing a new energy policy that maximises nuclear power and expands renewable energy to meet rising electricity demand and ambitious decarbonisation targets. The plan envisions nuclear energy accounting for 20% of the supply by 2040 while renewable sources could supply up to 50%. This strategy also includes reducing reliance on coal and...
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Telangana EV Policy 2024: Here's Everything You Need to Know
Telangana's new EV Policy 2024, announced by Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, offers 100% road tax and registration fee exemptions for EVs until 2026, removing previous caps on eligible vehicles. This move, alongside plans for better charging infrastructure and phasing out diesel buses, supports Hyderabad's goal of reducing air pollution. Citizens are ur...
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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Opinion | Is India Ready To Go All-EV By 2034? Absolutely Not
The hidden carbon footprint of EVs, the inadequacy of our renewable energy infrastructure, the strain on our power grid and the economic and geopolitical ramifications, all paint a grim picture of a policy that could backfire disastrously.
-
"I Can See A Lot More Foreign Policy Successes Under Modi 3.0": Bhutan PM
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership in the past 10 years, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Sunday said that India has grown spectacularly and the development in infrastructure - airports, roads, rails, seaways has been unprec
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Infra Sector Turnaround Due To PM Modi's Personal Monitoring: Finance Minister
PM Modi active role and personal monitoring is responsible for the turnaround of the infrastructure sector, which suffered due to policy paralysis during the UPA regime, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
-
Mudra Scheme Created "8 Crore New Entrepreneurs": PM Modi Jabs P Chidambaram
PM Narendra Modi today said the "new India" is moving ahead with new policies and strategies, and his government is working proactively in matters of technology and infrastructure, shunning the "reactive approach" of the past.
-
India's Digital Public Infrastructure Is Open Source, Transferable, Secure: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister of Communications Ashiwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said "what is unique about India's digital public infrastructure is that it is open source, interoperable, scalable, transferable, secure, and based on public-private partnership. India has made it a policy objective to ensure the benefits of the digital economy reach the last mile —...
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TRAI to Bring Consultation Paper on Digital Inclusion, Will Focus on Devices, Connectivity, Literacy
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will bring out a consultation paper to further strengthen digital inclusion, looking at three key aspects of devices, connectivity and literacy. The consultation paper on anvil is expected to look at three key aspects -- devices, connectivity and literacy.
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Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Have Most Comprehensive EV Policies in India, Study Says
Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh are the four states with the most comprehensive EV policies, according to a study by Climate Trends. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Delhi - states that released their policies before October 2020, are not on track to meet their targets of ...
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Opinion: Budget 2023 - What To Expect From PM Modi
PM Modi's core economic agenda is to promote India as a rival manufacturing destination to China. He has sought to achieve this by incentivizing private factory expenditure and allocating more state resources to infrastructure, particularly rail and road. uncertain global demand and lackluster domestic consumption may keep a lid on private invest...
-
India Aims to Copy China, But Not in Lending-by-App Craze
There’s a lot about Beijing’s decades-long infrastructure push and investment-led growth that India wants to emulate. But when it comes to the consumer economy, aping China’s out-of-control digital lending boom is strictly off the policy agenda. The Reserve Bank of India’s recently released guidelines for app-based loans show a clear desire...
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Chhattisgarh Government Approves Electric Vehicle Policy, Aims to Generate Employment
The Chhattisgarh government on Friday approved the Chhattisgarh Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022, as part of the state government’s target to make the state an EV manufacturing hub and generate employment. Companies manufacturing EVs, components of EV and EV batteries, and charging infrastructure will also be incentivised with capital subsidy, a...
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Tata Steel To Focus On Organic Growth, Fresh Acquisitions Unlikely This Decade, Says CEO
Tata Steel will look to grow organically and is under "no pressure" to look at fresh acquisitions during this decade
