Centre plans Rs 25,000-30,000 crore for Bengal roads

Centre is planning to give Rs 25,000-30,000 crore bonanza for road infrastructure to West Bengal. “We want to give another Rs 25,000-30,000 crore to West Bengal for new highways,” Union minister for Roads and Transport Nitin Gadkari said today at an event at Biodiesel dispensing unit at Haldia Dock Complex. “We want to add another […]

Kundankulam n-plant shut down for annual maintenance

The first 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will be shut down on Wednesday for annual maintenance and refuelling activities, said Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL). R.S. Sundar, site director of KNPP, said in a statement that the first unit will be shut down for a period of 60 days […]

ONGC Hazira sales premium at over 3-month low

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) sold a July naphtha cargo at $16 a tonne above Middle East quotes on a free-on-board basis, traders said, making this the lowest premium the company has received in more than three months for a naphtha cargo sold out of Hazira. ONGC sold the 34,500-tonne cargo late on […]

Provide easy credit for solar power projects: Bikram Singh Majithia

Punjab government today asked banks and financial institutions to provide easy credit to solar power developers in the state. It is high time for financial institutions and banks to provide easy credit to solar power developers in the state, Punjab New and Renewable Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said. The minister said, the state’s present […]