Substantial growth in passenger air traffic has been registered during the last few years. Three year Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for passengers handled at all Indian Airports taken together is 17.5 pc during 2017-18. Year wise list of domestic passenger traffic handled during 2014-15 to 2017-18 at top 45 airports, that cover more than […]
During the last three years, a total of 132 pilots of scheduled and non-scheduled operators were tested breath-analyzer positive during pre-flight medical examination. Airport wise detail is given in table-1, and airlines wise is given in table-2. The following action was taken against them:
The government has said that as on 30.06.2018, the installed generation capacity of power plants in the country is about 344 GW which is more than sufficient to meet the peak demand of around 170 GW occurred during the current year (upto Jun 2018).
The government has stated that there is no proposal under consideration in the power ministry to bar the Chinese power companies from participation in power transmission projects on the ground of growing security concerns.
The FDI into the country in the power sector in 2017-18 has touched $1,621.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd in a confidential report to State Bank of India has stated that the Adani group’s four verticals’ total “outside liability” as on March 31, 2017 stands at Rs 126,354 crore.
As many as 29 companies participated in the pre-bid meeting held on June 22, 2018 for the forthcoming 10,000 MW manufacturing-linked solar auctions, to be conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
In water-scarce Shimla, where energy ministers from across India flew to discuss woes of the power sector, the host state pushed for immediate and long-term reforms in the hydro power sector. Along with other hydro rich states, Himachal Pradesh asked the government to give hydro power the same status, priority and focus as solar power.
In a move that might provide some relief to solar power plant developers, the government has relaxed time lines for land acquisition, financial closure and the commissioning period for solar projects. For forthcoming projects, land acquisition documents would now have to be submitted within 12 months from signing power purchase agreement (PPA), instead of seven […]
Parliamentary standing committee on energy in its report tabled before the Parliament in March 2018 identified 34 stressed power plants based on the inputs provided by the government sometimes in 2017. But, it appears there are many more plants which are stressed but not covered in this report.
Pakistan’s growing dependence on China for development projects such as a $62 billion economic corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative could turn Islamabad into a “colony,” a European think tank has warned in a new report.
Coal supply to the power sector by CIL increased 15 per cent to 122.8 million tonnes (MT) during Apr-Jun 2018 from Apr-Jun 2017.
