Renewable energy in India Current Affairs, GK & News

IREDA and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy sign Memorandum of Understanding

November 3, 2020

On November 2, 2020, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set key targets for the year 2020-21. Key Highlights According to the agreement, the Government of India has set a new revenue target of Rs 2,406 crore from the renewable ..

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Cabinet approves pact between India and Denmark in the field of Renewable energy

April 15, 2019

On 15th April, 2019, Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for ab agreement between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Denmark’s Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate to facilitate deliberate collaboration in renewable energy with focus on offshore wind energy and a Letter of Intent to establish an Indo-Danish ..

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy conferred Skoch Award for National Significance

December 8, 2018

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the nodal Ministry of the Government of India (GoI), has been conferred the Skoch Award for National Significance at an event held recently in New Delhi. The award was received by Secretary of MNRE, Anand Kumar. The award has been conferred on the Ministry considering its purpose ..

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Solar-wind hybrid policy: Salient Features

May 19, 2018

For the first time government has announced the solar-wind hybrid policy. The policy aims to give a boost to the renewable energy generation by promoting new projects as well as hybridisation of the existing ones. The features of the solar-wind hybrid policy are In order to accomplish the target of achieving 175 gigawatt (gw) of ..

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Kerala: First Nokkukooli-Free’ place→Trivandrum

December 29, 2011

Nokku kooli refers to an unofficial labor norm in Kerala under which wages are paid to trade union activists for allowing investors/builders to unload materials using machines or their own labor. The unhealthy practice of demanding money for allowing others to do loading and unloading work has so far enjoyed more or less a quasi-statutory ..

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