Addressing a poll meeting in Rajmahal in support of JMM candidate Ketubbudin Sheikh, Gandhi said farmers would receive a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,500 for every quintal of paddy, if the Cong-JMM-RJD coalition wins majority.56 PM ISTAP"The BJP government, however, continues to function for the benefit of just 10-15 industrialists," Gandhi said at the rally, which lasted for around 10 minutes.
“The Centre is working at bringing fairness, transparency and supporting the investment climate in the power sector.The industry requires consistency in policy and delivery, lack of which is affecting the power sector,” a senior government official said.
This is expected to reduce the cost of power generation making them more competitive because if a power company has separate fuel supply agreement for each plant, it can transfer coal from one plant to another.21 AM ISTBCCLKOLKATA: Independent power producers will now be allowed to use contracted fuel supply from Coal India at any plant run by the same group, a senior executive at the state-run firm said.
According to a person in the know, the MCA’s probe has indicated a suspicious diversion of more than Rs.2,000 crore by certain erstwhile directors and key managerial executives.
AgenciesThe bypoll is also significant to Congress leader Siddaramaiah, as winning more number of seats and destabilising the BJP government would reiterate his leadership in the party.Many exit polls conducted by local TV channels in Karnataka have predicted the BJP to win eight seats or more, providing chief minister BS Yediyurappa some breather ahead of the counting of votes scheduled for Monday.
A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the massive Rs 8,435 crore outstanding dues of Coal India from power sector and said punitive action should be taken against the defaulting power generating units.The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel in a report tabled in Parliament on Friday also noted that huge amount of dues are outstanding from the state and other utilities for years.
15 per cent to 7,57,946 MU from 7,49,314 MU in 2018-19, Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy R K Singh said in a reply to Rajya Sabha.48 PM ISTAFPIn October 2018-19, power generation in the country stood at 1,13,507 MU.
Earlier, the project was won by Sterlite Power.Now the special purpose vehicle incorporated for the execution of the project by PFC Consulting, has been formally acquired by Sterlite Power, a company statement said.
With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC Group has become 48,895 MW and 57,356 MW, respectively, a company statement said.".
Prior to moving to Tata Power-DDL, Srinivasan was the Chief Transmission & Distribution, Tata Power in Mumbai.He has been with Tata Power since Sept 2012 and has also headed Strategy & Corporate Planning Division there.
49 PM ISTAgenciesMost of the solar power projects in the country have been/are being set up with private investment, Singh said.New Delhi: India's installed power generation capacity has reached 364.
Despite the spike in coal-fired generation, the pace of new coal capacity added to grids in developing nations is slowing, according to Climatescope.52 PM ISTAgenciesThe bulk of the power to be produced from the overall fleet of power plants added in 2018 will come from fossil sources and emit CO2.
3 per cent to 33.With torrential rains hitting coal production, Coal India had said that it was keeping a close watch on the current situ.
Aiming at maximum possible use of clean and renewable energy within the zone, the Eastern Railway (ER) has set a rapid growth path for utilising solar energy from 30 million watts in 2018 to 300 million watts in 2020, ER spokesperson Nikhil Chakra.37 PM ISTAgenciesRepresentative ImageKOLKATA: In an effort to minimise carbon footprint and contribute towards reduction in global warming, the Eastern Railway on Friday said it has set an ambitious plan to generate solar power of 300 million watts (30 megawatt) by 2020.
A recent investigation by the company revealed that nine wrongful transactions, allegedly undertaken by the promoter group led by Gautam Thapar, had caused it a loss of around Rs 3,000 crore.A recent investigation by the company revealed that nine wrongful transactions, allegedly undertaken by the promoter group led by Gautam Thapar, had caused it a loss of around Rs 3,000 crore.
35 PM ISTAgenciesCG Power said a total of Rs 3,018.“We are conducting a more comprehensive investigation and the aim is to clean up the financial statements.
20 PM ISTAFPThe method can be used by consumers with rooftop solar power infrastructure to further monetise their investment.The BSES Rajdhani
Power Limited (
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53 AM ISTAgenciesThe monetisation of assets will ease the company’s stretched working capital position which is curbing its ability to grow.MUMBAI: CG Power and Industrial Solutions will soon put on the block its corporate head office building, a landmark in Mumbai’s posh Worli area, as a part of its plan to monetise assets to help revive the cash-strapped company.
This is the third consecutive month of low power demand which has slowed since August.A senior government official said the electricity demand has been low since three months but the demand for the year till date has been up by 2%.
MUMBAI: Canadian asset management firm Brookfield is in talks to invest $800 million in India’s largest green energy company ReNew Power, said two people familiar with the development.The US investor owns over 48% in ReNew Power.