Gandhinagar, March 29 (IANS) In a remarkable example of sustainable living and self-reliance, Satadhar Dham has emerged as a model for renewable energy use, with its massive community kitchen catering to around 10,000 pilgrims daily powered entirely by biogas.Located in Gujarat’s Junagadh district and associated with Saint Appa Giga, the revered pilgrimage site — known for its evening aarti — has now gained recognition for operating the state’s largest-capacity biogas facility.At present, four…
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Gandhinagar, March 28 (IANS) Students and staff at the Shrimati Manekba Vinay Vihar Educational Complex near Adalaj in Gandhinagar have become self-reliant in cooking gas, preparing over 500 meals daily using biogas produced on-site.The institution, managed by the Vasumati Charitable Trust, operates two biogas plants with a combined capacity of 90 cubic metres per day.The plants utilise cow dung from the trust’s cowshed, which houses 222 cows, along with organic waste from the kitchen and surr…
Bengaluru, March 27 (IANS) Karnataka on Friday pitched for a higher allocation of LPG for commercial use, particularly for the hospitality sector, during the Prime Minister–Chief Ministers’ meeting, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for Covid-style coordination between the Centre and states to tackle the current situation.Karnataka Food Minister K.H. Muniyappa, who represented the state at the virtual meeting in the absence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said the state urged the Cen…
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Amid the growing apprehension and anxiety over the short supply of LPG cylinders and fuel shortages arising out of the Gulf crisis, a village in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra has thrown up an ‘interesting solution’ and a ‘gas model’ worth replication, which is already finding resonance among a large section of villagers. Rangepar Kohli, a quaint village with about 2,000 population, in the Lakhani Taluka of Bhandara district in Vidarbha region, has started using b…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rolled out a range of customs duty cuts across sectors such as marine products, textiles, leather, and defence and aviation sectors to boost manufacturing and increase exports in the Union Budget 2026-27 presented in the Lok Sabha on Sunday.As part of sector-specific measures to promote exports of marine products, the Finance Minister proposed to raise the limit for duty-free imports of specified inputs used for processing seafood for e…