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In final days of Modi government, Adani project in Jharkhand becomes India's first power sector SEZ

The decision will save the company Rs 3.2 billion annually in clean energy cess alone.

Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Mar 25, 2019 · 09:00 am
Keeping it clean: Why the family of a Delhi man who beat lung cancer won’t burst crackers on Diwali

Businessman Atul Kumar Jain lives in one of Delhi’s most polluted neighbourhoods. His kids don’t want to add to the contaminants that made their father sick.

Ishan Tankha
&
Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Nov 07, 2018 · 09:00 am
Jharkhand villagers ask why should they lose land for Adani project supplying power to Bangladesh

How does the project qualify as ‘public purpose’ and does it violate legal safeguards for Santhal areas? Part 2 of a Scroll.in investigation on the Godda plant.

Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Jun 13, 2018 · 09:00 am

Rs 7,410-crore question: Jharkhand amended energy policy to buy power from Adani at higher price

A government audit said the ‘preferential treatment’ could result in ‘undue benefits’ to the company.

Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Jun 12, 2018 · 09:00 am
How the Ganga and GST are hijacking India’s clean energy fund

The National Clean Energy and Environment Fund is being used to finance the government’s pet projects even as mining-hit Adivasi communities are neglected.

Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Jul 04, 2017 · 10:30 am
India is moving away from coal, but what is it doing about communities displaced in mining areas?

The rapid strides towards clean energy have not stopped the evictions in the coal belts.

Aruna Chandrasekhar
· Jun 27, 2017 · 07:30 am

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Aruna Chandrasekhar

In final days of Modi government, Adani project in Jharkhand becomes India's first power sector SEZ

The decision will save the company Rs 3.2 billion annually in clean energy cess alone.

Aruna Chandrasekhar · Mar 25, 2019 · 09:00 am

Keeping it clean: Why the family of a Delhi man who beat lung cancer won’t burst crackers on Diwali

Businessman Atul Kumar Jain lives in one of Delhi’s most polluted neighbourhoods. His kids don’t want to add to the contaminants that made their father sick.

Ishan Tankha & Aruna Chandrasekhar · Nov 07, 2018 · 09:00 am

Jharkhand villagers ask why should they lose land for Adani project supplying power to Bangladesh

How does the project qualify as ‘public purpose’ and does it violate legal safeguards for Santhal areas? Part 2 of a Scroll.in investigation on the Godda plant.

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