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DR Congo waits on funding for Grand Inga	21.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricity The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated. French, Belgian, Chinese, Brazilian and African engineers have, over 60 years, all hoped to dam the Congo. But decades of civil war, corruption, and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) reputation as a failed state have limited the hydropower developments at Inga Falls to two relatively small dams, built in 1972 and 1982. These, dubbed Inga 1 and 2, have a theoretical capacity of 1,400MW but produce only about half that. A new $20bn development to generate a further 4,800MW was announced over the weekend in Paris with work planned to start in October 2015. According to the DRC government, working with European and other consultants, five further ...
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Rampur HEP cost revised upwards (Cached)	8.5.2013	Projects Monitor
Rampur HEP cost revised upwards
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Water Resource Management in Rural Areas (Cached)	2.5.2013	Govt of india: PIB
Water Resource Management in Rural Areas
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Bartering green ideas	25.4.2013	Hindu: Delhi
The government collaborates with the World Bank for exchange of ideas in clean energy among CEM countries
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Slow progress on Rampur HEP worries SJVN (Cached)	25.4.2013	Projects Monitor
Slow progress on Rampur HEP worries SJVN
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Gehlot asks IFC for steps to check decrease of water in dams	6.4.2013	Zee News : India National
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday asked the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to introduce such technique in Rajasthan so that decrease of water in dams could be controlled.
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How to make India a better place for business (Cached)	15.3.2013	Rediff: Business
As concerned Indians we need to ask what can be done in the short term, which does not require legislative approval to enhance investment.
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Assam Budget Proposes Metro Rail for Guwahati (Cached)	12.3.2013	Outlook Wires
The Assam budget for 2013-14 proposed Metro rail project for Guwahati, besides widening and upgrading of state highways, improvement of infrastructure and other civic amenities.
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Ethiopia looks to realise its geothermal energy potential	13.2.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Initial exploration and drilling to be funded by Development Bank of Ethiopia as part of World Bank collaboration Ethiopia, like its fellow Great Rift Valley countries, has enormous geothermal energy potential. However, the costs involved and the need for skilled expertise have, until now, been major obstacles. In late January , the Development Bank of Ethiopia announced that, over the next five months, it will offer an initial $20m to kickstart geothermal energy projects in the country's private sector as part of a programme funded by the World Bank. A further $20m is expected to be made available at a later stage. Last May, the World Bank granted Ethiopia $40m to help accelerate the development of renewable energy projects in the country's private sector. The Development Bank of Ethiopia says it is in discussions with several interested parties and is collaborating with the World Bank. The money will help cover the costs of early exploration and drilling activities. When drilling ...
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ADB to assist in Myanmar's infrastructural development (Cached)	8.2.2013	New Kerala: World News

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Teesta-III to go on stream from June 2013 (Cached)	11.1.2013	Zee News : States
The long standing dispute between the Sikkim government and Teesta Urja Limited over the shareholding pattern of Teesta-III has ended.
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Dam might takes China places (Cached)	22.12.2012	Hindustan Times: News
Dam might takes China places
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Guatemala's Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersect \| Nick Dearden	10.12.2012	The Guardian -- World Latest
A 1982 massacre paved the way for a hydroelectric dam built with development bank funds. What lessons have been learned? Thirty years ago a massacre took place in the Guatemalan highlands that left 400 people dead. Countless more were displaced, tortured, raped or left starving. And all to make way for a hydroelectric dam. Sadly, there was nothing especially unusual about this event in a country where, by 1982, horrific events had virtually become the norm under a series of military governments intent on terrorising the population. More shocking is that those people suffered to make way for a mega-dam supported by two institutions supposedly committed to development: the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. So pleased were the banks with the Chixoy hydroelectric dam that, in 1986, they authorised another loan to the project, making no mention of the human rights catastrophe that had taken place. The Chixoy loan was one of a series made to Guatemala's government from ...
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Old Dams (Cached)	6.12.2012	Govt of india: PIB
Old Dams
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World Bank Pledges Additional $37 Million for Himachal Pradesh Watershed Development Project (Cached)	20.11.2012	Govt of india: PIB
World Bank Pledges Additional $37 Million for Himachal Pradesh Watershed Development Project
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World Bank pledges $37 mn for Himachal (Cached)	20.11.2012	New Kerala: India News

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Statement by the Finance Minister of India Shri P. Chidamabaram at the 26th Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in Tokyo (Cached)	13.10.2012	Govt of india: PIB
Statement by the Finance Minister of India Shri P. Chidamabaram at the 26th Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in Tokyo
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MP to protest FDI in retail, welcomes in other sector: Chouhan	8.10.2012	Business Standard: Economy & Policy
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on his week-long visit to the United States conveyed that the MP would stick to its stand on FDI in retail sector.
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Government of India, World Bank and Government of Himachal Pradesh Sign $100 Million Loan Agreement to Support Himachal Pradesh in Making its Green Growth Agenda Inclusive and Sustainable (Cached)	1.10.2012	Govt of india: PIB
Government of India, World Bank and Government of Himachal Pradesh Sign $100 Million Loan Agreement to Support Himachal Pradesh in Making its Green Growth Agenda Inclusive and Sustainable
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Not a drop to drink	21.9.2012	Financial Chronicle
Every summer Delhi sees a common sight: hundreds of water-tankers crisscrossing the city to make deliveries in neighbourhoods where taps go dry for days. In really bad years water riots break out in particularly parched localities, and commandeering of water-tankers by the thirsty is not uncommon. This has enriched both the private water tanker suppliers and the English lexicon. A new coinage is born: ‘water stressed’. It’s not Delhi alone that’s water stressed in summer; scores of other cities and towns too have the same affliction. And even rural India. With water availability finite, and population multiplying, there is less and less water available per capita. “Entire India is water stressed,” pronounces a top government official. India’s watermark Let’s look at some statistics: India has 2.5 per cent of the globe’s land area and four per cent of all water resources. So what’s the stress all about, you might ask. The problem is not all the water is usable. In absolute terms, water ...
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