The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
In early January 2015 the Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI) terminated the bid process for the proposed 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) in Cheyyur, Tamil Nadu. The project is referred to as Plant Cheyyur in this report. The bid process was terminated because seven out of …
A rapid plant survey was conducted in around the proposed Cheyyur 4000MW Ultra Mega Power Project in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. The surveys were conducted along Vilambur, Buckingham Canal, Vanjimodu and the Palaiyur Reserve Forest within the project site and the portion of Palaiyur R.F. along which the said project's …
Being chronically deficient in power, the Government of India launched an ambitious plan to establish a series of power plants to enhance generation capacity, under the Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) programme. In this regard, the Ministry of Power, in association with the Central Electricity Authority and Power Finance Corporation …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the High Court seeking to declare that the proceedings for identification of land and land acquisition for the 4000-MW Ultra Mega Power Project and the captive port at Cheyyur in Kancheepuram district as illegal. The petitioner, K. Saravanan of Ururkuppam, Besant …
Odisha Integrated Power Ltd will conduct bidding process for selecting developer for first 4,000 MW The Union power ministry has decided to complete the process of bidding and award of projects for the Bhedabahal (Odisha) and Cheyyur (Tamil Nadu) ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) by January next year. The decision …
Letter to M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of 4000 MW Imported Coal Based UMPP at villages Cheyyur Block-B, Chitharkadu, Gangadevankupam, Panaiyur, Vedal, and Vilangadu, in Taluk Cheyyur, in Kancheepuram Distt., in Tamil Nadu dated 30th September, 2013.
Revised Response as per discussions during 74th Meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee held on May 20, 2013 on Environmental Impact Assessment of Thermal Power and Coal Mine Projects.
The purpose of the Environmental Impact Assessment study (EIA) is to assist in the decision making process and to ensure that the project options under consideration are environmentally sound and sustainable. EIA identifies ways of improving project environmentally by preventing, minimizing, mitigating or compensating for various adverse impacts likely to …
In the aforesaid backdrop, policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Cheyyur UMPP is broadly framed to empower the project affected families in particular and the population in the study area in general, in every possible way and to improve their overall quality of life and standard of living. The …
Letter to M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Terms of Reference (TOR) of 4,000 MW (6x660 MW) Cheyyur UMPP near Cheyyur village, District Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu by M/s Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd dated 19th March, 2009.
