The government has issued a draft policy that provides a framework to promote and incentivize Enhanced Recovery methods in the Indian Oil & Gas industry. The policy shall apply to all private and public sector entities and their subsidiaries operating in the oil & gas industry and will come into force with immediate effect.
Coal India Ltd, in accordance with policy issued by Ministry of Coal (MoC) on 15.02.2016, has been conducting auctions of coal linkages for non-regulated sector since June 2016. The sub-sectors of auctions are Sponge Iron, Cement, Captive Power Plants (CPP), Others, Steel (coking) and Others (coking).
On December 15, 2017, state-owned power giant NTPC said that its director (finance) Kulamani Biswal has been suspended by the power ministry.
On Dec 17, 2017, a tribal village in Chhattisgarh’s poverty-hit Balrampur district got electricity connection for the first time ever. The Jokapatha village, situated in mountainous terrain, had been deprived of power supply since independence. The village is located about 400 kms north of the state capital Raipur. The State Government led by Chief Minister […]
In response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the power minister RK Singh on 19.12.2017 said, “Generation of Electricity is a de-licensed activity and promoters put up project based on their own assessment.
The centre develops National Highways. In 2016-17, it had completed construction of 8,231 kms of NHs, which means 22.55 km per day. This was getting better year wise year since 2014-15, but the speed in the current year has slowed down. Upto November 30, 2017, only 4,942 km of NHs has been completed, which means […]
Domestic carriers reported a total of 1,000 repeated technical snags in 2017 with the Air India accounting for more than half of the glitches, according to data shared by the government in Parliament.
As per a recent comprehensive skill gap analysis conducted by the ministry through a consultancy firm, the total direct employment in the aviation sector in 2015 was about 195,320, comprising of 33,000 at airports, 55,070 in airlines, 71,000 in cargo handling, 1,250 in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) sub-sector, and 35,000 in ground handling operations.
Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has allotted a land measuring 625 sq mt at Delhi airport, to Indian Army for construction of Shraddhanjali Sthal and Ministry of Defence has constructed Shraddhanjali Sthal thereon.
On 06.11.1989 the National Airports Authority (now Airports Authority of India) gave No Objection Certificate (NOC) for height clearance to The Lord Shiv statue in Mahipalpur (near Delhi Airport) as per the rules applicable at that point of time. Runway 29 was not in existence at that time.
Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for civil aviation, in a statement before the Lok Sabha has confirmed that the airlines do overbooking, but he finds nothing wrong in it. He has stated that overbooking of seats in a flight by the airlines is a common practice followed by the airlines globally. However, DCCA has […]
Oil prices slipped on Wednesday, under pressure from a rise in U. S. crude and gasoline inventories although crude remained near three-year highs. Brent futures eased 24 cents to $69.72 a barrel at 0930 GMT, after climbing above $70 this month for first time since 2014. U. S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were unchanged […]
