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Environment Ministry to relax lease rent on wind power projects
Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change (MoEFCC) has decided to waive off or relax mandatory charging of lease rent of Rs.30,000 per Mega Watt (MW) for wind power projects. This decision was taken in a review meeting chaired by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and further enhances government’s commitment towards providing clean and green ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Compensatory Afforestation • Lease Rent • Ministry of Power • National Commitment • Paris Climate Conference • Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change • Wind Energy Projects
Actress Dia Mirza, among 17 New SDG Advocates of UN
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres appointed 17 global figures which includes China’s Alibaba chief Jack Ma and Indian actress Dia Mirza as the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocates. Jack Ma, the founder and Executive Chairman of Chinese MNC Alibaba Group has been an SDG Advocate since 2016. About the New SDG Advocates ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: António Guterres • CoP21 • Dia Mirza • Jack Ma • Japan • MDG • Millennium Development Goals • Paris Climate Conference • SDG • SDG Advocates of UN • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction • Sustainable Development Goals • UN • UN Secretary-General • UNEP • United Nation Environment Program