The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has given a new lease of life to Bajaj Energy Pvt Ltd’s (BEPL) five thermal power plants that the private developer had to shut down after the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) unilaterally terminated power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the company in August last year.
Location of Fee Plazas is in terms of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 which states that on the same section and same direction of the highway a distance of 60 kms should exist between two fee plazas unless reasons exist otherwise.
In the budget, the government has enhanced the number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for receiving deposit-free new cooking gas connection to 8 crore from 5 crore with an additional allocation of Rs 4,800 crore. This has also been approved by the cabinet. The revised targets of PMUY will be achieved […]
Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from companies intending to setup integrated solar power manufacturing supply chain covering polysilicon, wafers/ingots, cells and modules to accelerate the growth of the solar photo-voltaic sector. The government intends to attract the manufacturers with 20,000 MW of assured business, and the selection […]
The government has issued a draft policy that provides a framework to promote and incentivize Enhanced Recovery methods in the Indian Oil & Gas industry. The policy shall apply to all private and public sector entities and their subsidiaries operating in the oil & gas industry and will come into force with immediate effect.
Coal India Ltd, in accordance with policy issued by Ministry of Coal (MoC) on 15.02.2016, has been conducting auctions of coal linkages for non-regulated sector since June 2016. The sub-sectors of auctions are Sponge Iron, Cement, Captive Power Plants (CPP), Others, Steel (coking) and Others (coking).
On December 15, 2017, state-owned power giant NTPC said that its director (finance) Kulamani Biswal has been suspended by the power ministry.
On Dec 17, 2017, a tribal village in Chhattisgarh’s poverty-hit Balrampur district got electricity connection for the first time ever. The Jokapatha village, situated in mountainous terrain, had been deprived of power supply since independence. The village is located about 400 kms north of the state capital Raipur. The State Government led by Chief Minister […]
In response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the power minister RK Singh on 19.12.2017 said, “Generation of Electricity is a de-licensed activity and promoters put up project based on their own assessment.
The centre develops National Highways. In 2016-17, it had completed construction of 8,231 kms of NHs, which means 22.55 km per day. This was getting better year wise year since 2014-15, but the speed in the current year has slowed down. Upto November 30, 2017, only 4,942 km of NHs has been completed, which means […]
Domestic carriers reported a total of 1,000 repeated technical snags in 2017 with the Air India accounting for more than half of the glitches, according to data shared by the government in Parliament.
As per a recent comprehensive skill gap analysis conducted by the ministry through a consultancy firm, the total direct employment in the aviation sector in 2015 was about 195,320, comprising of 33,000 at airports, 55,070 in airlines, 71,000 in cargo handling, 1,250 in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) sub-sector, and 35,000 in ground handling operations.
