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. …
Delhi finance minister Dr A K Walia has done a P Chindambaram act in this election year budget by waiving off the Delhi Vidyut Board-era arrears to the tune of Rs 2,539 crore. Admitting that discoms were finding it impossible to recover pending dues, the Congress-led government has announced that …
MP to get 37 per cent of the power produced at the plant. JSW Energy Ltd (JSWEL) has proposed to set up a 1,320-Mw power plant in Madhya Pradesh. The state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the company last week for the purpose. JSWEL is a …
At a time when the country is faced with a severe shortage of power, the leading power generation company National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) six gas-based power plants with a total installed capacity of 3,605 MW are lying under-utilised due to shortage of natural gas. Official sources said that even …
Games preparations in full swing: L-G NEW DELHI: With the Delhi Assembly elections due later this year, the address of Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on the first day of the Budget session on Monday highlighted the achievements of the Delhi Government, stating that the progress in the last one year on …
This article chronicles the peaceful struggle and eventual success of the people of Alibag, Maharashtra, against the attempts by corporate bodies, with the help of the state government, to grab land for a number of coal-based power plants in the area. Had the plants come up, it would have been …
On mercury emissions: The US Environmental Protection Agency has violated the Clean Air Act by adopting a cap-and-trade rule that allowed oil and coal-fired plants to purchase credits to cover excessive emissions rather than installing pollution controls, a federal appeals court said. The lawsuit was filed by 18 US states …
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday announced that it planned to invest nearly Rs. 13,000 crore during 2008-09 and add 2,700 MW of power during the period with the aim of touching the 50,000 MW mark by 2012. Talking to reports on the sidelines of the Energy Technology Conclave …
Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta group today signed a development agreement with the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) for a Rs 20,000 crore aluminium and power project. The project entails setting up a 6.5 lakh tonne smelter and a 3,000 mw power plant at Bidhanbagh in the Burdwan district. The agreement …
We find that the European Union's proposed directive on carbon-capture 'readiness', as reported in your News story 'Europe to capture carbon', is unacceptable (Nature 451, 232; 2008). It clears the way for a new generation of coal-fired power stations to be built in Europe without any abatement of emissions when …
The Satpura Thermal Power Station is situated at Sarni, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The study deals with the assessment of the impact of thermal power plant activities on water quality of nearby area, industrial wastes has serious consequences from the point of view of pollution of streams and rivers in …
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL), which operates the 2,140 mw power plant at Dabhol, Maharashtra, plans to raise over Rs 1,000 crore through an initial share sale. The company, jointly owned by power utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), gas utility GAIL India and the Maharashtra State Electricity …
The physicochemical characteristics of flyash and vermicomposted flower waste were analysed and ten different treatments consisting of various combinations of flyash, vermicompost and chemical fertilizers were carried out to assess their effect on the growth of soybean plant. (2007)
India's most hi-tech power turbine is finally expected to be liberated from a narrow hill road between Mumbai and Nashik on Tuesday, almost nine months after it got embarrassingly stuck on its way to Chhattisgarh as the National Highway here was not strong or wide enough to take the load. …
Tata Power's Maithon project attains financial closure Mumbai-based Tata Power Co Ltd (tpc), India's largest private power utility, edged closer to its revi-talisation targets last fortnight by effecting the financial closure of its joint venture, Maithon Power Ltd. The century-old Tata Power holds 74 per cent equity in the 1,050 …
Prominent persons opposed the setting up of a coal-based thermal plant at Chamalapur near Mysore on Thursday and appealed to KERC to constitute an expert committee to study the inefficiency of the energy sector. They urged KERC to ask the government not to take up a thermal power project anywhere …
An awareness programme about National Rural Empowerment Guarantee Scheme was held at Treru in Rajouri today in which MLC Ashok Sharma presided over the function while senior officers and allied departments were also present on the occasion. Sharma in his address said that NREGA along with other revolutionary schemes like …
NTPC Ltd plans to spend about Rs 7,341 crore for setting up the second phase of Barh super thermal power project in Bihar. "The company has accorded the investment approval for Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II (2 X 660 MW) in Bihar at an appraised estimated current cost of …
People in Kapurdi hamlet, some 30 km from Rajasthan's Barmer town, are unusually suspicious of strangers. They stop and question every outsider driving through the area. What is making them so wary is land acquisition for Jindal group's power plant and lignite mine coming up in the area. The government …
Power Minister A.K. Walia on Tuesday reviewed the progress of the new power plants coming up in Delhi and those entirely dedicated to supply power for Delhi. Addressing the high-level meeting, the Minister said efforts were being made to make available adequate power supply during Commonwealth Games-2010. He said the …
