Parliament, by passing the crucial bill to declare 111 rivers across the country into National Waterways last week, has paved the way for development of these stretches as transport carriers
2 min read13 Mar 2016PMO has asked finance ministry to disburse money collected for NCEF to environmental initiatives
3 min read21 Apr 2015The clean energy cess will be increased from Rs100 to Rs200 per tonne of coal to finance clean environment initiatives
5 min read28 Feb 2015Developers want to borrow overseas as loans are cheaper than those offered by local banks and financial institutions
4 min read17 Feb 2015State governments will choose graduates to be trained by the centre for around 3-6 months so they have the skills to set up solar power plants of 1 megawatt each
3 min read28 Nov 2014NDA govt last week said collections made in India's green energy fund announced in Union Budget of 2010-11 was used by UPA to meet fiscal deficit
3 min read12 Aug 2014India's green energy fund, which currently has around `12,000 crore in the bank, runs the risk of becoming another corpus without a cause
4 min read22 Jul 2014The Tamil Nadu chief minister urges PM to intervene with the ministry of finance for the sanction of NCEF fund
1 min read16 Sep 2013The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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