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India gets 10 GW proposals for setting up solar equipment manufacturing capacity
To promote domestic manufacturing and check Chinese solar cells, modules and inverter imports India has imposed tariff and non-tariff barriers
3 min read8 Sep 2020Govt to provide land near ports for manufacturing solar equipment
India believes that accessibility to a port will make it more cost-competitive to make solar equipment
2 min read14 Aug 2020India solar duty fails domestic producers as demand dwindles
India’s bid to protect its solar-equipment makers by imposing a safeguard duty on cheap, Chinese imports has failedThe country last year imposed a 25% tariff on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia for two years
2 min read30 Jan 2019Patanjali enters dairy business, to sell cow milk
Ramdev says Patanjali, which has only sold ghee so far among milk products, hopes to generate about 500 crore by end of 31 March 2019, and double that the next fiscal year
2 min read14 Sep 2018Budget 2018 on Renewable Energy: Incentives for farmers to switch to clean power
Surplus power generated by solar power pumps will be bought by discoms in bid to help the emerging green economy, proposes Union Budget 2018
3 min read2 Feb 2018India proposes 70% duty on China, Malaysia solar imports
India has proposed a 70% safeguard duty on solar cells and modules shipped from China and Malaysia, citing 'threat of serious injury' to the domestic industry
1 min read9 Jan 2018Renewable energy future hinges on policy execution
The government has shown its intent in ensuring the renewable energy sector continues to grow, but it needs to show more action in 2018 for investor confidence to recover
2 min read28 Dec 2017China’s LONGi plans solar equipment manufacturing facility in India
The plan to set up a factory in India by LONGi comes in response to a proposal to make local manufacturing mandatory to bid for the government's record 20GW solar tender
2 min read14 Dec 2017Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali to diversify into solar power business
Patanjali Ayurved plans to invest Rs100 crore for manufacturing solar power equipment, MD Acharya Balkrishna says move in line with the firm's 'swadeshi' focus
3 min read4 Dec 2017Gratuitous load-shedding is not acceptable: R.K. Singh
Raj Kumar Singh, minister for power and new and renewable energy, on measures to boost solar power generation and solar equipment manufacturing in India
4 min read24 Nov 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The 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