State-run power giant NTPC on Friday said the 660 megawatt (MW) second unit of its joint venture Meja Urja Nigam will be commercially operational from January 31. “Based on achievement of approved norms and necessary approvals, unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Meja Thermal Power Station of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Ltd (MUNPL)… is declared […]
Day: January 29, 2021
Maharashtra’s new renewable energy policy to attract Rs 75,000-cr investments: Nitin Raut
Maharashtra’s New Renewable Energy Policy will attract Rs 75,000-crore investments, said the state’s Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Thursday. “Nitin Raut, Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of Maharashtra, today while highlighting the Maharashtra’s New Renewable Energy Policy said that the policy aims to promote public and […]
Indian Oil draws up plans for a refinery in Tamil Nadu, set to cost over Rs 30,000 crore
Indian Oil Corp plans to build a 9 million tonnes a year refinery in Tamil Nadu for Rs 31,500 crore, signaling its optimism about the future of oil demand in the country. The refinery will be set up on the 618-acre land already owned by Chennai Petroleum Corp (CPCL) in Nagapattinam, Indian Oil Chairman S […]
Coal secretary directs officials to expedite rehabilitation process
Coal Secretary Anil Jain on Thursday reviewed progress of the rehabilitation project for people living in fire and subsisdence-prone areas in Jharia and directed officials to implement it on a priority basis, a senior mining official said. As per the latest survey, 1.04 lakh families, including 32,000 legal land owners living in 595 fire and […]
31st tripartite meeting on safety organised at CCL
31st tripartite meeting on Safety was organized at CCL HQ on Thursday under the chairmanship of Mohammad Rafique Sayeed DDG, DGMS (HQ). The meeting was attended by CMD, CCL PM Prasad along with V K Srivastava, Director Technical (Operations), N K Agarwal, Director (Finance), Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director (Mines), Central Zone Dhanbad, CCL Safety Board, […]
ED seizes Rs 80L cash of SECL former CMD
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable property in the form of seized cash amounting to Rs 80 lakh in a money laundering case related to corruption and criminal misconduct by MP Dixit, the then Chairman-cum-Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL). Dixit had allegedly demanded and agreed to accept illegal gratification of Rs […]
Rajasthan govt announces 2 pc cut in VAT on petrol, diesel
The Rajasthan government has reduced value-added tax (VAT) rate by two per cent on petrol and diesel, giving people the much needed respite from rising fuel prices. The state finance department late Thursday issued orders, which came into effect from Thursday midnight. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that despite the price of crude oil being […]
Disparity in PNG gas prices irks entrepreneurs in Ghaziabad
Forging entrepreneurs of the Ghaziabad industrial city known as Mini Manchester in western Uttar Pradesh are deeply troubled by the disparity in PNG gas prices. Due to inequality in PNG gas prices in Ghaziabad compared to other cities of the country, the cost of their product is coming up, due to which they are now […]
GAIL Gas awarded as ‘City Gas Distribution- Established Company of the Year’ by FIPI
GAIL Gas Limited has been awarded the ‘City Gas Distribution – Established Company of the Year’ by Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI). The award was given by Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan to Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL Shri Manoj Jain and Chief Executive Officer, GAIL […]
Councillors irked over delay in installation of LED street lights
Irked over the delay in the installation of over 60,000 LED street lights in the new wards, congress councillors led by Mahanagar congress president Lal Chand Sharma approached the municipal commissioner on Thursday and sought prompt action on the matter. They alleged that the corporation has not started the installation of LED street lights in […]
Poor rate of allotment puts CM solar scheme in jeopardy
Taking cognizance of the less number of allotments as compared to the applications received under the ambitious Chief Minister Solar Self Employment scheme to provide self employment opportunities in solar power sector, the secretary power and alternative energy Radhika Jha has directed the officers of Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) and Uttarakhand Power Corporation […]
Green panels clear building of dam in Kathua
The proposed Rs 9,167-crore multipurpose hydropower dam on river Ujh in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua region is inching towards reality. The two central green panels have given nod to the diversion of 4,350 hectares of land including about 680 hectares of forest land and felling of over two lakh trees for the project, which they […]