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A wind farm in Tamil Nadu. Open access for green energy could help minimise fossil fuel usage and promote country-wide trade of clean energy.

Discoms and states pivotal to making renewable energy via open access a success

Manish Kumar 4 Jul 2022
Heavy polluted road in Talcher adjacent to a railway siding where truckloads of coals are loaded into trains. Photo by-Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Environmental Performance Index: An unscientific study or an opportunity to reflect and improve?

Manish Kumar 21 Jun 2022

How increasing taxes and decreasing subsidies threaten India’s clean energy growth

Manish Kumar 14 Jun 2022
An electric-charging station in the parking area of one of the metro stations in Hyderabad. Photo by-Manish Kumar

Madhya Pradesh looks to streamline the struggling ecosystem for electric vehicles

Manish Kumar 2 Jun 2022

As India looks to shift to renewables, Jharkhand’s coal mine workers fear loss of jobs and social security

Manish Kumar 25 May 2022

India’s coal crisis exposes power sector woes

Manish Kumar 16 May 2022

After starting off slow, Jharkhand eyes mega projects to boost clean energy in state

Manish Kumar 6 May 2022
An electric rickshaw battery charging hub in Varanasi. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli.

India proposes a battery swapping policy to expedite EVs growth

Manish Kumar 2 May 2022
A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022

The ghost of asbestos mining continues to haunt this tribal village in Jharkhand

Manish Kumar 14 Apr 2022

Increase in ethanol derived from feedstock could burden farms, groundwater

Manish Kumar 29 Mar 2022

Odisha’s single window mechanism aims to ensure upkeep of solar assets

Manish Kumar 14 Mar 2022

Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India

Manish Kumar 28 Feb 2022

Environment factors push people out of their homes on India’s east coast, leaving behind ‘ghost villages’

Manish Kumar 11 Feb 2022

In Odisha’s first solar village, maintenance issues plague the mini solar plant

Manish Kumar 4 Feb 2022

Clean energy startups innovate on products to aid farmers, rural areas

Manish Kumar 20 Jan 2022

Fearing repeat of police action during POSCO agitation, Odisha village isolates itself

Manish Kumar 6 Jan 2022

Women farmers of Odisha navigate impacts of extreme weather events while pushing for recognition

Manish Kumar 4 Jan 2022

From a farmer to a rural entrepreneur: journey of Batakrushna Sahoo

Manish Kumar 23 Dec 2021

Bihar farmers await PM-KUSUM rollout

Manish Kumar 21 Dec 2021

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