Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The 210 MW unit at the Amarkantak Thermal Power Station of the Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company in Anuppur district was synchronised today. The power station aleady has two 30 MW units and two 120 MW units operating. The Union minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh and …
Power secretary Anil Razdan feels the churning in the Indian energy sector holds out untold opportunity to the country's manufacturing industry. Speaking at a conference on Key inputs for the Indian power sector for the 11th Plan and beyond organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (en) in Mumbai last …
karnataka is in the process of commissioning several coal-based power projects. To discuss their feasibility, the state's electricity regulatory commission conducted a public hearing in Bangalore. A proposed power plant at Chamalapura in Mysore district was the focus of the discussion. Public interest groups presented their reservation on the 1,000 …
The power generation capacity in the state has risen by 2937 megawatts during the last four years. With an extension unit of Amarkantak thermal power plant becoming critical soon, 210 MW more is going to be added to this capacity. Giving utmost importance to power, the state government has provided …
Farmers of two Katwa mouzas refused to give land for the proposed 3,000-MW super thermal power station at the home district of industry minister Mr Nirupam Sen today. A group of 12 farmers from the Srikhanda and Debkundu mouzas in Katwa went to the office of the ADM (Land Acquisition), …
Pranbihanga Borpuzari The Delhi government-owned Indraprastha Power Generation Co Ltd (IPGCL) will set up a 2,000 mw coal fired power station in Mara-II Mahan coal block in MP. Centre has allotted Mara-Mahan coal block jointly to Delhi and Haryana governments. However, soon after the allotment IPGCL was in a fix …
Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) plans to build a Rs 5,000-crore thermal power plant in Orissa, a company official said. The company plans to build a 1,080-mw, coal-fired captive power plant to fuel its 6-million tonne (mt), proposed Orissa steel plant, Sushil Maroo, wholetime director, JSPL, said. About …
Pranbihanga Borpuzari Coal prices will go up by Rs 300-400 per tonne, as the government has made it mandatory for all coal produced in the country to be washed by the producers. The higher price would mean more input costs for thermal power Companies and the railways. This is expected …
While the government talks about saving prime agricultural land from industry, a pitched battle between Alphonso growers and a power project developer is raging in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. The environment ministry has cleared a 1,200MW thermal power plant by JSW Energy Limited in the heart of the famous mango-exporting belt …
Paving the way for Reliance Power, NTPC and three other companies to rebid for projects, the Uttar Pradesh power regulator has allowed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) to seek fresh financial bids for proposed power plants at Bara and Karchhana in Allahabad district. Jindal Steel and Power, JSW Energy …
With a view to assessing the potential environmental impacts due to proposed activities, KWPCL has retained M/s Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur to undertake Environmental Impact assessment studies for various environmental components, in order to identify the impacts and its mitigative measures. The report also envisages the prediction of the …
The State Government has decided to enhance its thermal power generation capacity to avoid the power crisis in the lean period faced by the State almost every year. Dispur feels that more thermal power is required for maintaining the "uniformity in power supply' in the State throughout the year. This …
A two-and-a-half-year long fight has resulted in victory for Chhattisgarh villagers. The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd (iffco) withdrew its proposal of setting up a coal-based power plant in Chandan Nagar in Sarguja district in March. "The gram sabha was firm and the result is before us. The pesa act …
declaration of heat wave in Orissa has become an annual affair. This year, till May 2, 54 persons had succumbed to the heat wave; the official death toll was, however, nine. The year 1998, termed "killer summer', saw more than 2,000 deaths. Casualties have fluctuated (see table: Killer on trail) …
CRZ clearance of intake and disposal facility for proposed 2 X 330 MW Thermal power plant at village Tunda, Ta. Mundra district, Kachchh by M/s Adani Power Limited (29 May, 2008).
Energy Minister Dr Gauri Shankar Shejwar has asked 23 private sector companies to complete the projects entrusted to them soon. MoUs have already been signed with these companies for generation of 26 thousand 800 megawatt power. Dr Shejwar enquired about work of these companies at a meeting here today. He …
The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPSERC) has issued notice to Lanco Anpara Power Pvt Ltd on a petition challenging the change in capacity of the Anpara C thermal power project from 1,000 Mw to 1,200 Mw. The project, located in Sonbhadra district, is already behind schedule by eight …
With considerable improvement in the supply of coal to thermal power plants, power supply in Madhya Pradesh has shown better results and efforts were on by the Government to maximise it. According to the Energy Department, no power cut was made anywhere in the State during the last 24-hours, an …
After bagging the 4,000 mw ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company Reliance Power has launched the development of another coal-based project with a generation capacity of 3,910 mw in Madhya Pradesh with an investment of Rs 18,000 crore. The …
The Centre has accorded mega project status to the state-owned 1,600 MW Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project. This means there would be Rs 600-crore savings in the project cost. Delighted over the upgrade, the AP Generation Corporation has decided to expedite opening of price bid by June 3 to built the …
