(PTI) Cleantech Solar on Wednesday said Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd has signed an agreement to acquire 49 per cent stake in the company. It will be Shell’s second major solar solar investment this year. The deal is expected to close in January 2019, a statement by Cleantech Solar said. According to the statement, Cleantech Solar will continue to operate under its existing management and name. “We are very impressed by Cleantech Solar’s record of developing lasting relationships with multinational and regional corporations who are eager to implement subsidy-free renewable energy into their corporate strategies,” said Marc van Gerven, Shell Vice President of solar and storage.
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(LiveMint) Niti Aayog Wednesday unveiled its much awaited ‘Strategy for New India @ 75’ document with an aim to accelerate growth to 8-9% and make the country a $5 trillion economy by 2030. Laying down a multi-pronged strategy to promote the country’s overall development, the document said the annual growth rate of 9% by 2022-23 would be essential for generating sufficient growth and achieving prosperity for all. Unveiling the much-awaited document, finance minister Arun Jaitley said, “Sound policy will always put economy on track in which it will get perpetually people out of poverty and give them better quality of life.” The development…
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has interacted with the Chairman/CMDs and Senior Management of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) through video conference on the Cabinet decision of the Government to expand the scope of eligible beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to include all poor families in the country to achieve the universal coverage. The Minister appreciated the efforts and proactive role of OMC officials in successfully implementing the Ujjwala scheme with full commitment and dedication. Under PMUY, 5.86 Cr connections have been released so far. Minister expressed satisfaction to the fact that 48% of the…
(LiveMint) The BJP has declared a total income of Rs 1,027.34 crore during financial year 2017-18 and spent 74 per cent (Rs 758.47 cr) of it, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR said the Congress was yet to file its audit report for the year. The BSP’s total income during year 2017-18 was Rs 51.7 crore of which the party spent only 29 per cent (Rs 14.78 cr), the report said. The NCP was the only party to have spent more than its total income of Rs 8.15 crore. The party spent Rs 8.84 crore,…
(AU) विधानंडल के 18 दिसंबर से शुरू हो रहे शीतकालीन सत्र के हंगामेदार रहने के आसार हैं। सदन में विपक्षी पार्टियों ने सरकार को कानून-व्यवस्था और किसानों के मुद्दों पर घेरने की तैयारी की है। सपा, बसपा और कांग्रेस ने सोमवार को अपने-अपने विधानमंडल दल की बैठक बुलाई है। इसमें रणनीति पर विस्तार से चर्चा होगी। हालांकि सत्र संक्षिप्त होगा। सरकार की प्राथमिकता अनुपूरक बजट पास कराने की होगी। विधान परिषद में नेता प्रतिपक्ष अहमद हसन ने कहा कि बुलंदशहर की घटना से साफ हो गया है कि प्रदेश में कानून-व्यवस्था नाम की कोई चीज नहीं बची है। भाजपा से जुड़े…
(LiveMint) The government has decided to amend the Telegraph Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in order to allow private entities such as banks and telecom service providers access to Aadhaar as one of the “know your customer” (KYC) methods. The amendments, cleared by the Union cabinet on Monday, propose stringent penalties for hackers. The cabinet also approved 10-year jail terms for those found guilty of data breach; use of quick response (QR) codes for Aadhaar authentication; and parental consent for use of children’s biometric identification, said a government official, who asked not to be named. Currently, a person found guilty of…
(ET) Premier think tank Niti Aayog has proposed a move to transform the way food is prepared in India, reducing the massive import bill and worsening pollution. The Aayog has prepared a comprehensive plan advocating adoption of methanol as the preferred cooking fuel in households as well as commercially. It’s a cleaner fuel and will reduce dependence on imported gas too, said people aware of the matter. A plant each would be set up in Bengaluru and Assam for manufacturing methanol cooking stoves based on a technology sourced from Sweden. Larger stoves for commercial use will be imported till technology is…
(AU) राजधानी में आज से न्यूनतम तापमान में और गिरावट शुरू हो सकती है यानि दिल्ली वासियों की रातें और सर्द होने वाली हैं। दिल्ली का न्यूनतम तापमान आज एक डिग्री और नीचे गिरकर छह डिग्री सेल्सियस हो सकता है। मौसम विभाग के मुताबिक रविवार को राजधानी में न्यूनतम तापमान 7.2 डिग्री सेल्सियस दर्ज किया गया, जबकि अधिकतम तापमान इस बीच 23.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस रिकॉर्ड हुआ। रविवार को न्यूनतम तापमान में सामान्य से एक डिग्री ज्यादा की गिरावट दर्ज हुई, यानि दिल्ली का मौसम सामान्य से ज्यादा ठंडा हो रहा है। सोमवार को राजधानी में न्यूनतम तापमान 6 डिग्री रिकॉर्ड होने…
(PTI) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday said around 5,000 Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plants will be set across the country by 2023. He said these plants meant for extracting biogas from agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste will have an estimated annual CBG production of 15 million tonne. Pradhan was speaking at a road show organised by oil marketing companies here to sensitise the stakeholders to participate in the SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) initiative. Under the initiative, CBG will be promoted as an alternative under the SATAT initiative launched by the Central government…
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik fumbled on social media as a tweet praising Netherland Hockey team has wrongly posted by CM’s twitter handle as “Suggested tweet and FB post for CM” as prefix to the tweet. This has once again exposed the perils of social media handles of top politicians being used by some private company people, who don’t have that professional acumen and resorting to just cut-copy-past. Though team managing CM handle soon realized their blunder and deleted the tweet and posted the rectified one but damage was already done. Twitteraties spent no time to troll the CM with the…