Editorial- February 2019 More than 20,000 households of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir have been electrified under Saubhagya. Most of the beneficiaries of the scheme are from BPL and SC/ST category. The scheme has given electricity to those who never saw lights in their life at their homes. They are happy and excited. The government has connected […]
CERC Encourages Powergrid to monetize transmission lines through telecom providers POWERGRID can monetize its transmission line towers by offering it to mobile telecom service providers on commercial basis under section 41 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which allows for effective utilization of assets to benefit the society at large, a committee constituted by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) said in its recommendation. The committee […]
Top three PSU coal miners’ capex to rise 15% in FY20 State-owned Coal India, Neyveli Lignite and Singareni Collieries will have a capex of Rs 20,121 crore in 2019-20, 15% more than the previous fiscal, according to the interim budget. According to the Expenditure Budget, this spending would be part of internal and extra-budgetary resources (IEBR) of the central public sector undertakings. Plan outlay of the […]
OPEC has a president under sanctions, but history shows it’s manageable Being hit by U.S. sanctions isn’t ideal when you’re representing a global oil institution, but history shows it’s manageable. Venezuelan Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo, who this year holds the rotating presidency of OPEC, has just been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for his ties to President Nicolas Maduro. That means any American assets he […]
Airbus CEO tells Germany to reform arms policy for good of Europe Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders urged Germany to press ahead with plans to create common European regulations on arms exports, saying the issue posed a litmus test for Berlin’s ambitions to foster a European defence policy. By showing “a kind of moral super elevation” on arms exports, Germany was frustrating Britain, France and Spain, Enders […]
Restoration work continues along Jammu-Srinagar highway The restoration work along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway continued for the sixth straight day on Monday as fresh landslide hampered the efforts to reopen the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said. A massive landslide hit the 270-km-long highway at Maroog on Sunday afternoon shortly after 150 Srinagar-bound stranded vehicles […]
Over 1,400 Kashmir-bound trucks cross Jawahar Tunnel as one-way traffic continues on Srinagar-Jammu highway
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Petrotech 2019: 23 hydrocarbon blocks put up for auction under revenue sharing model Newspapers, Oil & Gas, The Financial Express February 11, 2019 The ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Sunday launched the third bidding round under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP), offering 23 hydrocarbon blocks covering over 31,000 sq km for exploration. Sharing Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Email Print
