Tag: policy watch
Study Challenges Environmental Claims of Electric Cars: Hybrid Cars Proven More Eco-Friendly
A recent study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has raised questions about the environmental impact and cost-effectiveness of electric cars...
Government Set on Promoting Distributed Renewable Energy: RK Singh
The Union Power Minister, RK Singh, has announced the government's intention to introduce a scheme to promote distributed solar and wind energy applications. Distributed...
RBI Proposes Changes to India’s CSR Laws to Promote Corporate Action on Climate Change
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a paper outlining five strategies to promote corporate action on climate change through the use of...
India’s Proposed Green Ports Policy: A Step Towards Sustainable Transportation
India is taking a big step towards reducing its carbon footprint in the transportation sector through its proposed Green Ports Policy. This policy is...
India Mandates the Use of Clean Energy, Carbon Trading
The Government of India has passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, mandating the use of clean energy in the country. The Bill, which...
Amendment to the CSR Law: Monetary Penalty to Non-Compliant Actors
The government of India has made significant amendments to the CSR law in order to provide greater transparency and flexibility to the corporate sector....
FCRA Bill 2020: Disallowing Re-granting Between FCRA Compliant Organisation Will Cut Short India’s Development Story
The FCRA Bill 2020 that will be tabled in Rajya Sabha this week aims to make the non-profit sector more compliant and prevent any misappropriation...
CSR Rules Amended to Boost Funding for Development of COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID-19 outbreak has brought the world to a standstill. A number of jobs have lost, industries and businesses have collapsed, schools have closed off...
Labour Day 2020 – Migrant Labourers in India during Lockdown
A disaster or a calamity hits the poor more than the rich. This has been recently justified with the migrant labour crisis observed across...
Cabinet clears 72 amendments to the companies act: Eases CSR norms
India along with the entire world is in the middle of one of the worst slowdowns ever. The government bore cognizance of the fact...
CSR: Effective Groundwater Management in India
The Green Revolution has enabled India to become a food surplus country from a food deficient country. On the other hand, this development has...
CSR News: Green Credit Scheme for Sustainable Business in India
The debate of development vs environment has left the world in a dilemma. Especially for a country like ours, which is bursting at its...
