Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked Additional Chief Secretary, Power, Anurag Aggarwal to examine the model of School Education Department for rationalisation of the excess staff posted in certain parts of the state.
Day: June 11, 2021
24×7 PSPCL control rooms to facilitate power consumers
The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), has set up 24×7 control rooms at the divisional level. The control room will address power-related issues of farmers as well as all consumers 24×7. Adding more details, Deputy Chief Engineer Jalandhar Circle Harjinder Singh Bansal said the PSPCL has established nodal complaint centres at various levels to […]
Reliance shuts unit at Jamnagar refinery
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd said it has shut a secondary unit at its only-for-exports oil refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat, which may delay shipment of some product cargoes. “The Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) in our SEZ refinery at Jamnagar had to be taken for an emergency shutdown on June 6, 2021,” the firm […]
Myanmar military plane crash kills 12, including senior monk
BANGKOK: A well-known senior Buddhist monk was among at least 12 people who died when a plane belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed Thursday in the country’s central Mandalay region, state media reported. Army-run Myawaddy TV said a boy was one of two survivors on the flight from the capital, Naypyitaw, to Pyin Oo Lwin, also […]
Covid slams brakes on 10-lane NH work in Karnataka
BENGALURU: If you are waiting to zip down the 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in 90 minutes, don’t rev up yet. The project is all set to miss yet another deadline, this time due to the second wave of Covid-19. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up the work at an estimated cost of […]
Power tariff hike a burden on consumers amid Covid: Citizens
BENGALURU: Industries as well as citizens have expressed their displeasure over the revision in power tariff announced by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) saying that it will be a burden on consumers amid a pandemic. The average increase of 30 paise per unit will burden consumers and will reflect on the production cost and […]
APERC ‘erred’, market purchase saved Rs 22.7 crore: Energy department
VIJAYAWADA: A day after the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (APERC) missive to the state government over power procurement from markets surfaced, the energy department claimed that the commission has “erred” in calculating the “hypothetical loss” by taking normally available energy instead of the actual energy available from the approved sources. In fact, the distribution companies […]
Go Electric: 400 charging stations in Andhra in phase 1
VIJAYAWADA: Noting that the state government was making a big push towards encouraging electric mobility in Andhra Pradesh, Energy, Forest and Environment Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy launched ‘Go Electric’ campaign on Thursday. The minister said that steps were being taken for setting up 400 charging stations, which are critical for building the electric vehicle ecosystem, […]
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack gets 11 more CNG stations
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dedicated 11 more compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in Odisha taking the total number to 22. Of the newly-launched stations, seven are in Khurda district and four in Cuttack. With this addition, the total number of CNG stations in Khurda increased to […]
CAG audit criticises KSEB
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CAG report also has criticism against the KSEB. The loss incurred by PSUs in the power sector was Rs 1,853.80 crore in 2018-19 against profit of Rs 144.95 crore in 2014-15. According to the latest finalised accounts, Kerala State Power and Infrastructure Finance Corporation and KINESCO Power and Utilities Private Ltd earned profit […]
Centre to auction ‘major’ oil, gas fields of ONGC, OIL: Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
NEW DELHI: The government will auction unmonetised large oil and gas fields of state-owned ONGC and OIL to boost the country’s hydrocarbon production, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Speaking on the launch of the third round of auction of small discovered fields, he said companies cannot indefinitely sit on resources they may have […]
Coal sector facing some headwinds from financial markets: Government
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said the coal sector is facing a bit of headwind from the financial markets and that could be one of the reasons for global players not participating in commercial coal mine auctions. This comes after Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi earlier exuded confidence that in the next round of auctions, […]