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Green bank to power clean energy market

To clear the hurdle of financing in the fast expanding renewable energy market, India needs a dedicated green bank for smoother access to public funds and increased private investment

India’s headlong rush to boost renewable energy in keeping with the spirit of the Paris climate summit has been tempered with the difficulties project developers are facing to secure inexpensive finance…Read More

Kashmir protects environment despite turmoil

For the first time, civil society in Kashmir is trying to ensure that nobody uses the ongoing unrest to encroach upon ecologically sensitive areas

Voluntary support from social, political and religious organisations has helped government authorities in Kashmir to put an end to illegal encroachments upon ecologically sensitive areas during the current bout of political violence…Read More

Kerala farmers embrace aquaponics to combat climate change

Touted as the future of agriculture to mitigate the effects of climate change on food production, the aquaponics method of integrating fish and plant cultivation is gaining ground in Kerala

P.T. Antony, a farmer in Ashtamichira village of Thrissur District in Kerala, couldn’t believe his luck. He harvested as much as 1,180 kg of Tilapia, also known as gift fish…Read More

Drafting drones to help farmers

From the fields of Kansas to the farms of Punjab, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, drones are helping researchers to develop and monitor improved varieties of wheat and fight a pest that is becoming more dangerous due to climate change

Unmanned aerial vehicles have vast potential to assist in wheat variety development in many parts of India where the cereal is grown…Read More