i View - Mukesh Singh

Rural India consumes over 2 billion litres of diesel every year.Diesal fuel in India is subsidised by over ₹ 10 per litre. According to a World Bank report, if the cost of subsidy was taken into account then diesel would be the most expensive source of energy in the country (over ₹ 15 per unit). According to a report by consulting firm AT Kearney, India spends about ₹ 8,500 crore a year on diesel to keep its telecom towers running.Despite such high fossil fuel consumption, India has one of the lowest per capita emissions among the developing economies.This can be bought down further through rooftop solar power generation which will provide cheap electricity, a source of income and clean energy. A large number of small scale industries, educational institutes and hospitals continue to depend upon fossil fuels for energy which can be easily replaced with more profitable rooftop solar option with a small capital investment. The Central government has initiated a reward system to support ...

India is one of the first countries in the world to develop a comprehensive Cooling Action plan which has a long term vision to address the cooling requirement across sectors and lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand.Cooling requirement is cross sectoral and an essential part for economic growth and is required across different sectors of the economy such as residential and commercial building, cold-chain, refrigerator, transport and industries            Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change, Dr.Harsh Vardhan released the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) on 8th March, 2019 in New Delhi, the Environment Minister said that the thrust of the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) is to look for synergies in actions for securing both environment and socio-economic benefits. ''The overarching goal of ICAP is to provide sustainable cooling and thermal comfort for all while securing environment and socio-economic benefits for t...

According to World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2016, nine in ten girls (89.3 per cent) are able to complete their primary education, but only three in four (77.1 per cent) complete their lower secondary education worldwide. In low income countries, the situation is much worse.Less than two thirds of girls (65.0 per cent) complete their primary education, and only one in three (34.4 per cent) completes lower secondary school.The fourth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.The first target under this goal is to ensure that by 2030 all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes. At current rates of progress, many countries are - including Indian -unlikely to achieve this target.More needs to be done to improve educational attainment and learning for all children, boys and girls alike....

There is no iota of doubt that the solar revolution is taking off across the world, but the fastest growth seems to be happening on the rooftops of india.With about 300 sunny days in a calender year, India's solar potential is one of the few countries in the world to have surpassed the figure of 10 GW installed solar capacity.In achieving this feat, India shares the stage with countries such as Germany, United State of America and China, some of the best known countries when it comes to utilising the solar power.         Considering that India has over 300 sunny days and abundant rooftop space, especially on all the rural landscape, much of its potential remain unexpected.Of the ambitious 100 GW solar power generation target set under the Jawaharlal Nehru national solar Mission, India aims to achieve 40 GW through rooftop solar installation by 2022.The country currently has about 300 MW installed rooftop capacities rapidly due to declining cost of technologies and ...