Instead of earmarking VIP zones, the state government has considered rural areas as key places for ensuring power supply, Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Srikant Sharma said on Friday. “Unlike the previous government, which considered some areas as VIP zones for ensuring power supply, our government considers farmers and poor as VIP and gives 18 hours […]
Day: May 19, 2017
Tata Power posts Rs 247 crore Q4 loss on one-time charge
Tata Power Co Ltd posted a loss in the fourth quarter on Friday compared with a profit a year earlier as it incurred a one-time charge towards contractual obligations. The company posted a consolidated net loss for the quarter ended March 31 of Rs 247 crore compared with a profit of Rs 83 crore a […]
Welcome GST rate on coal; solar, wind will not be impacted: Piyush Goyal
Power, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal welcomed the GST council’s decision to keep coal in the lowest tax slab of 5%. “The entire GST regime has been designed to being down the cost of goods and aims at one nation, one tax to reduce corruption. I am happy that the GST Council […]