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Solar powered PV pump set to revolutionise agriculture in Bihar

Press release | April 12, 2012 at 15:36

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...

A Stepping Stone for a Giant Leap

Feature story | October 31, 2013 at 18:19

Greenpeace India lays down its first foundation stone for clean energy revolution in Bihar. The foundation stone was laid by the district magistrate (DM) of Jahanabad, Mr. Md. Sohail in the presence of village authorities and heads of neighboring...

Decentralised Renewable Energy Empowering Bihar

Page | April 20, 2012 at 2:00

Introduction: For equitable development of a nation, it is essential that access to and availability of energy sources is guaranteed to all. As of now in India, there is considerable inequity in energy distribution between rural and urban...

Bihar in Focus

Page | September 23, 2010 at 13:18

Bihar, with a large portion of its population still having no access to electricity and having one of the largest energy deficits in the country, is an ideal state to showcase a decentralized energy development paradigm.

राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना सामाजिक सर्वेक्षण रिपोर्ट, मधुबनी बिहार

Publication | May 5, 2011 at 13:30

राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) भारत सरकार द्वारा अप्रैल 2005 में चालू की गयी थी। इस योजना का उद्देश्य देश में ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण अभियान को गति प्रदान करना है।

आरजीजीवाई सामजिक सर्वेक्षण रीपोर्ट सारण ज़िला बिहार

Publication | May 4, 2011 at 12:00

राजीव गांधी ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण योजना (आरजीजीवीवाई) भारत सरकार द्वारा अप्रैल 2005 में चालू की गयी थी। इस योजना का उद्देश्य देश में ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण अभियान को गति प्रदान करना है। ऊर्जा मंत्रालय इस योजना को क्रियान्वित करने वाली नोडल एजंसी...

Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana Social Survey Report, Madubani, Bihar

Publication | May 5, 2011 at 14:14

The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is a flagship programme of the government of India which began in April 2005 and aimed to accelerate the pace of rural electrification programme in the country. The Ministry of Power is the...

RGGVY Bihar, Saran survey report

Publication | May 2, 2011 at 17:30

The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is a flagship programme of the Government of India which began in April 2005 and aimed to accelerate the pace of rural electrification programme in the country. The scheme has focused mainly on...

RGGVY policy brief

Publication | March 28, 2011 at 14:07

In India today 56% of rural households (approximately 78 million), do not have access to electricity. Rural electrification has been identified as a critical programme for the development of rural areas.

Empowering Bihar

Publication | October 21, 2010 at 14:31

Bihar is India’s third most populated state, and more than half the people live below the poverty line. For many years the state has been immobilised by an obdurate caste system and linked political corruption, and many have little or no access...

Greenpeace reiterates demand for renewable energy in election manifestos

Press release | September 10, 2010 at 19:41

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.

Greenpeace challenges political parties to fight elections on development plank

Press release | September 27, 2010 at 19:52

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.

Ahead of the upcoming elections in Bihar, Greenpeace, Bihar Times and Civil Society...

Press release | August 24, 2010 at 17:31

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...

RGGVY fails to provide secured and reliable energy to all: Greenpeace social audit

Press release | May 2, 2011 at 17:54

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...

RGGVY angers and disappoints Madhubani; people demand access to reliable and quick...

Press release | May 6, 2011 at 14:20

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...

Social survey finds BPL families largely deprived of energy in Azamgarh: Greenpeace

Press release | May 10, 2011 at 12:30

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.

Renewable energy is empowering and energising India: Greenpeace

Press release | November 24, 2011 at 17:12

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...

Greenpeace unveils Smart Energy Access Report

Press release | May 15, 2012 at 17:28

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...

Smart Energy Access report

Publication | May 15, 2012 at 18:07

Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. The energy shortage is most acute among India’s rural poor and in states such as Bihar, where more than 80% of the population still live in the rural...

Bihar on its way to an energy revolution

Press release | May 23, 2012 at 20:20

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...

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