New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India should aim to achieve 100 per cent ethanol blending for use as auto fuel in the near future, to cut dependence on imported oil, which made the country vulnerable to disruption in energy supplies amid geopolitical uncertainties such as the Iran war.The minister pointed out that India relies on imports to meet 87 per cent of its oil requirement.”We import fossil fuels worth Rs 22 lakh crore, w…
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New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India has the potential to unlock about $9.4 billion (nearly Rs 78,500 crore) in value from its textile waste annually by strengthening collection, sorting and recycling systems, a new report showed on Tuesday.The joint report by FICCI and the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) said India generates around 7.25 million tonnes of textile waste annually, but a significant share remains underutilised due to fragmented collection systems, l…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Calling for a transformative shift in India’s steel sector, Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said the industry must move beyond traditional growth models and embrace a future driven by circular economy principles and green decarbonisation to support the vision of a Viksit Bharat.Inaugurating the workshop titled “SRTMI R&D Connect: From Ideas to Industrial Impact,” Kumaraswamy underscored the need for a paradigm shift in the sector, stating that India …
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Association of PET Recyclers (APR) Bharat on Wednesday said that the government guidelines mandating brands and producers to use 40 per cent recycled content in food‑grade PET packaging effective April 1 will boost India’s circular economy, a report said on Wednesday.The move marks a significant milestone in the country’s commitment to sustainable resource management amidst global supply disruptions and geopolitical uncertainties impacting the availability and prici…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Integrating the principles of circular economy and extended producer responsibility, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 shall come into effect from April 1 with a specific focus on efficient waste segregation and management, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, mandate four-stream segregation of solid waste at source into wet waste, …
Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) Nobel Prize laureate Konstantin Novoselov met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday. Lohum CEO Rajat Verma and the company’s Chief of Staff Ayush Sabat were also present during the meeting.According to those privy to development, the high-profile meet focused on exploring opportunities to strengthen advanced materials research and innovation and turning Uttar Pradesh into a “hub of advanced research and engineering.”Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath …
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, and his Finnish counterpart Sari Multala on Thursday renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental cooperation between India and Finland at a meeting held in the national capital. In a post on social media platform X, Yadav said he was happy to note that India had renewed the MoU signed in 2020, deepening cooperation on pollution prevention and control, waste management, clima…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Wednesday expressed confidence that his country and India, along with international partners, would be able to lead the way in resilience, sustainability, and human-centric technological progress.Addressing the session on “Building Sovereign Deep Tech for a Resilient Future” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, he said that as the demand for computing power increases, it is crucial to ensure that both academia and business have acc…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his Croatian counterpart, Andrej Plenkovic, and discussed early implementation of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), further strengthening the bilateral ties.Both leaders met on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit, a five-day event being held in New Delhi. Following the meeting, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “The two leaders exchanged views on ways to further strengthen India-Croatia relatio…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) India’s shift towards a circular economy in agriculture is aimed at turning “waste to wealth” as the country’s 350 million tonnes of annual agricultural residues have the potential to generate over 18,000 MW of power every year, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.In addition to energy generation, these residues can be used to produce nutrient-rich organic fertilisers. Such fertilisers help enhance soil health and reduce dependence on chemical inputs i…