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Through the Union Budget 2025, the Government of India (GoI) announced the Viksit Bharat mission, with a target of achieving 1800 (one thousand eight hundred) GW of renewable energy capacity by 2047.

MoEFCC publishes the draft notification to seek comments on Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules...

Sustainable development is a key concept in environment jurisprudence that has aimed at harmonising economic development and environment protection.

In the January edition of our monthly newsletter "Legalaxy", our team analyses some of the key developments in securities market, banking and finance, telecom industry, information technology, and information and broadcasting.

The fear that this contagion may spread to other states is real.

National security has been a cornerstone of India’s patent legislation since its inception. Section 4 of the Indian Patents Act, 1970, exemplifies this priority by imposing an absolute bar on patenting inventions related to atomic energy. This prohibition has historically reflected the government’s exclusive control over nuclear technology and the strategic sensitivity associated with atomic energy. However, India’s evolving clean-energy objectives are driving a significant policy transformation.

The SHANTI Act, 2025 replaces this blanket denial with a regime of supervised innovation as the Central Government now has the authority to grant patents for nuclear-related inventions, provided they are intended for peaceful uses.

In the previous issue of LKS BIS Amicus, we threw light upon various aspects of the Product Certification Scheme, i.e. Scheme-I of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

An overview of the key amendments proposed in the Tariff Policy by the Ministry of Power.

As climate change intensifies alongside the meteoric rise of India's industrial landscape, the need for reliable, cost-effective power that also supports environmental sustainability goals has assumed...

On August 13, 2020, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy issued an office memorandum regarding extension of time in Scheduled Commissioning Date of Renewable Energy Projects considering disruption due to ...

The International Solar Alliance (ISA or Alliance) was launched as a joint effort by India and France at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015 in Paris (COP 21).

The mine allocation process has always been a subject matter of various controversies due to allegations of arbitrariness and lack of transparency.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act ("Act"), enacted in 2006, established the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board ("PNGRB").

On August 4, 2025, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India examined the validity of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission's orders determining project specific tariff of certain Wind Power Developers in the State of Gujarat.

Southeast Asia has come upon a crossroads of sustainability.

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 (Amendment) received Presidential assent on 18 August 2026. The Amendment restricts State Governments from levying taxes on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands. It also brings the regulation of mineral-bearing lands containing minerals under Union control.

Earlier this year in February 2022, the Indian Finance Minister announced the prospective issue of ‘sovereign green bonds', to finance infrastructure and meet clean energy goals.