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Indian-Brazil Alliance for Bioenergy and Biofuels
Brazil and India have agreed to work towards the development of an Indian- Brazil Alliance for Bioenergy and Biofuels and will also be establishing a virtual India-Brazil Centre of Excellence on Ethanol. Overview: Both countries have agreed to make efforts ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index
The State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) has been launched by NITI Aayog. It is a first-of-its-kind index that aims to track the efforts made in the energy and climate sector by the states and UTs of India. This index’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
India’s plan to create Gas infrastructure
The Government of India is to increase the share of Natural Gas in the primary energy mix of the country from 6.2% to 15% by 2030. In order to achieve this, 60 billion USD is to be invested over next ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
India-Qatar Energy Task Force
India and Qatar are to establish a task force on energy. The task force will be represented by a senior officer from petroleum Ministry of India and the vice president of Qatar petroleum. The task force is to identify projects ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
IISD: India’s Renewable Subsidies decline by 35%
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CCEW) and International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) recently released a report called “Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies, 2020”. Highlights The report says that India’s energy subsidies have declined by 35% in 2019 as ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
OPEC and Russia approve biggest Oil Cuts
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia have come together to cut oil output by 10%. This is being done to control the falling oil prices amidst lock down all over the world due to COVID-19. Background The ..