Degenerative disc disease is a major cause of low back pain affecting mobility of people. A group of Indian scientists have developed a silk-based bioartificial disc that may find useContinue Reading
The Budget has announced Rs 1,40,000 crore scheme to solarise agricultural pumps and encourage use of barren land for setting up solar power plants, power and renewable energy minister RContinue Reading
The government has proposed to eliminate the import duty on components that make up solar panels. In his last full budget before Union elections, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has proposedContinue Reading
Weeds are a persistent problem for farmers. A recent assessment by the Directorate of Weed Research shows that India loses crops worth $ 11 billion every year to these farmContinue Reading
“Energy democracy means that everybody is ensured access to sufficient energy. Energy production must thereby neither pollute the environment nor harm people. …this means that fossil fuel resources must beContinue Reading
The government had initially targeted 200 MW of installed rooftop solar capacity in 2016, growing to 4.8 GW in 2017 and 5 GW in 2018. However, just 271 MW haveContinue Reading
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) provides a subsidy of 50 paise per unit of power produced to renewable energy developers under its generation-based incentive (GBI) scheme. HoweverContinue Reading
According to the latest India research report India has achieved 20 gw (giga watt) cumulative solar capacity , achieving the milestone four years ahead of the target for 2022 originallyContinue Reading
