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.
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Near Delhi Airport
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.
It is official now
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 […]
Cap the airfare
The Standing Committee of Parliament attached to the ministry of transport and tourism has taken cognizance of arbitrary airfare hikes by airlines during festival seasons and recommended to the government to cap the airfares.
Flying High
The Indian airlines are likely to induct more than 900 aircraft in the coming years. Maximum number of planes will be added by IndoGo followed by SpiceJet. With an existing fleet of 150 planes
Haryana Hydro Scam
Haryana government appears to be on a massive drive to buy 303 MW of super expensive hydro power from two private developers – 193 MW from two projects developed by DANS group and one project of 110 MW developed by Gati Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. The power from all these three projects will be bought at […]
Solar Power
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed a scheme to build manufacturing capacity of solar PV modules, cells, wafers, ingots and poly-silicon in India. It has sought views of stakeholders by December 31, 2017.
EESL invites bid
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has invited bids to procure 1 crore pre-paid meters for Uttar Pradesh as part of the Saubhagya scheme, which aims to add more than 4 crore households to the power grid by December 2018.
NTPC issues RFP
On November 25, 2017, NTPC issued an RFP inviting proposals from eligible entities for offering their operational domestic coal based power assets located in India. It is a two stage bid – techno-commercial followed by price bid. The last date of submission of techno-commercial proposal is January 5, 2018. NTPC intends to shortlist the suitable […]
Freight Corridor
After nearly over 16 months of investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 13, 2017 registered First Information Report (FIR) against five officers of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) and three firms supplying ballast material for the construction of the project in the western corridor.
Madhya Pradesh issues new regulation
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has issued a gazette notification on November 15, 2017 through which it has taken away the must-run status of power generated from renewable energy sources.
UPERC turns down Bajaj’s plea
On July 8, 2017, the BJP led Uttar Pradesh government (GoUP) had cancelled the power purchase agreements (PPAs) that the erstwhile state governments had entered into at high tariff levels, which have become unviable for the state discoms. These included 450 MW PPAs that the Mayawati led SP government had signed with the Bajaj Energy, […]