Patna 13th August: Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state’s first ever solar powered cold storage in Kedia, Jamui on Saturday.

Greenpeace’s first solar-powered micro-grid in Bihar kicks off with village ceremony

Patna 20th October 2010: Greenpeace today unveiled the “Urja Kranti Kendra”, a four-storey high globe powered entirely by solar energy, to drive home the message that Bihar could take a lead by choosing renewable energy (RE) to solve its power...

पटना, 18 अक्टू बर 2011: मुख्यनमंत्री नीतीश कुमार की राष्ट्री य विकास परिषद (एनडीसी) की आगामी बैठक की तैयारी के बीच ग्रीनपीस ने आज पटना में ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण पर ध्वीजवाही योजना राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) पर अपनी राष्ट्री...

पटना, 24 जनवरी: ग्रीनपीस द्वारा तैयार रिपोर्ट ‘एंपावरिंग बिहार: पॉलसी पाथवे फॉर एनर्जी एक्सेस’ (सशक्त बिहार: विकेंद्रीकृत अक्षय ऊर्जा से खुलते द्वार’) राज्य के माननीय उप मुख्यमंत्री श्री सुशील कुमार मोदी ने होटल चाणक्य में आज जारी की। यह रिपोर्ट...

Patna, 24th March 2011: Greenpeace, along with prominent civil society organisations, today, invited the Bihar government and its policy makers to witness the first social audit of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Bihar.

Patna April 12, 2012: Access to energy for irrigation and agricultural activities is an important issue for the rural Bihar. Looking at the poor irrigation facilities due to unavailability of electric supply and availability of abundant sunshine...

Patna, October 18, 2011: In the backdrop of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar preparing for the upcoming National Development Council (NDC) meeting, Greenpeace today released its national report on the flagship rural electrification scheme, Rajiv...

Patna January 24, 2012: The Greenpeace report, 'Empowering Bihar: Policy pathway for energy access' was unveiled by the Honourable Deputy Chief Minister Shri Sushil Kumar Modi at a conference in Hotel Chanakya, Patna. The report illustrates the...

With announcement of election dates in Bihar, Greenpeace today restated its demand to political parties to include decentralised renewable energy (DRE) in their election manifestos and push for a new policy and law on RE.

Kapasia village, Madhubani district, 5th May 2011: To voice their concerns on the lack of electricity and disappointment at again being refused the opportunity to develop, more than 400 people participated at the public hearing on Rajiv Gandhi...

Greenpeace today called upon political parties to focus on people's issues in the elections instead of jeering at each other.The past few days have seen political parties and key leaders targeting each other through poetic mudslinging.

In one of the first interventions of its kind in Bihar, Greenpeace, Bihar Times and Civil Society Groups of the state today asked political leadership to end the energy crisis by committing to a policy change for adoption of Decentralized...

Saran district, 2nd May 2011: In an indictment of the flagship rural electrification scheme of the United Progressive Alliance, (UPA) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), Greenpeace today released the results of its social audit of...

Azamgarh district, 10th May 2011: The poor have been deprived of the much needed electricity and further marginalised under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in Azamgarh district says the Greenpeace social audit report.

New Delhi, 24 November, 2011: Asserting the fact that renewable energy holds the key to India’s energy future, Greenpeace released the report Taking Charge: Case studies of decentralised renewable energy projects in India in 2010, at India...

Patna, May 15, 2012: Shri Brijendra Prasad Yadav, Hon’ble minister of Energy of Bihar released the Greenpeace report- Smart Energy Access today at the business conclave “Energy Revolution Bihar- The Renewable Energy Way” organised by Greenpeace...

New Delhi/Patna, May 23, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the recent statement made by the Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar, stressing the need to harness the potential of renewable energy to provide energy access to millions in the...

पटना, 24 मार्च 2011: ग्रीनपीस ने प्रमुख सामाजिक संगठनों के साथ मिलकर आज बिहार सरकार और उसके नीति-निर्माताओं को आमंत्रित करते हुए कहा कि वे बिहार में राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) पर उनकी तरफ से किये जा रहे पहले सामाजिक...

सारण ज़िला, 2 मई, 2011: यूनाइटेड प्रोग्रेसिव अलायंस की महत्वपूर्ण ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण स्कीम राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) की सार्थकता पर सवाल खड़े करते हुए ग्रीनपीस ने आज यहां इस योजना पर सारण ज़िले में अपने सामजिक परिक्षण की...

शाहपुर गाँव, आज़मगढ़ ज़िला, 10 मई 2011: ग्रीनपीस के सामाजिक परिक्षण के मुताबिक आज़मगढ़ ज़िले में गरीब लोग बिजली जैसी अति आवश्यवक सुविधा से वंचित हैं। राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) के तहत जो सुविधा उन्हें मिलनी चाहिए थी वो नहीं...

कपसिया गांव, मधुबनी, 5 मई 2011: राजीव गाँधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) मधुबनी के लोगों की बिजली जैसी महत्वनपूर्ण आवश्य कता को पूरा करने में नाकाम रही है। इसके साथ ही मधुबनी के गांवों की किसी भी तरह के विकास की उम्मीईदें एक बार फिर...

Patna, 30 November 2010: Greenpeace today reminded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of his promise, as mentioned in the manifestos of both ruling parties JD(U) and BJP, to make a new policy on renewable energy (RE) in order to ensure...

Patna, Bihar/Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, September 2, 2011: A delegation from Madhubani and Saran in Bihar and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, together with Greenpeace activists, met members of the Planning Commission today and urged them to increase the...