Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
On Tuesday the SC will review how six new proposed projects can be built on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi tributaries of the Ganga in Uttarakhand In August 2013, the Supreme Court (SC) asked the government to find out if existing and under-construction hydroelectric projects had contributed to the June 2013 …
The expansion of the 460 MW Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) has yet again been delayed with the Union Ministry of Environment asking the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to hold a fresh public hearing for its expansion project. The capacity of TTPS will be expanded with addition of two …
Toilets will be constructed in all Government schools before start of new academic session. Apart from School Education Department, Tribal Welfare, Urban Development departments, public undertakings, Mandi Board, Laghu Udyog Nigam and Central PSUs are extending financial assistance for this. Private-public participation will be encouraged. Assistance will also be sought …
Bridge to India however said that for a large number of commitments on the list, not much thought has gone into arriving at the stated numbers In the build-up to the government-sponsored renewable energy investment summit, RE-Invest 2015, the participating companies have provided non-binding investment indication of 166 gigawatt (Gw) …
NTPC Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station has launched a scheme for converting biodegradable waste into manure and distribution at Deepanjalinagar Township near Parawada for raising plants. After unfurling the tricolour at the Republic Day parade, NTPC Group General Manager A.K. Samanta said they had earmarked Rs.7 crore for various schemes …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sahtruhan Lal Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/01/2015 regarding environmental clearance to V stage power plant of NTPC at village Jaitpur, Singrouli, Madhya Pradesh. MoEF granted environmental clearance to the project of NTPC for …
NTPC Limited's proposed 4000 MW project at Pudimadaka near Visakhapatnam faces environment approval hurdle. The State had identified the site and allotted land for the project. Now with the project faced with environmental hurdle and objection, it is to be seen how the Government and NTPC would go about addressing …
Fly ash brick industry is necessary for promoting cleaner brick production technology and waste. Since bricks form the backbone of the construction sector, its demand for quality buildings will increase manifold, say experts. "Fired clay bricks consume around 2-4 million tonne of coal per year leading to emissions of 4-6 …
In a bid to achieve the target of 22-gigawatt solar capacity by 2022 under the national solar mission, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has proposed to set up 15,000 MW of grid-connected solar capacity in three tranches, with the first tranche of 3,000 MW likely to entail …
Assured of government’s backing, the Indian wind power industry is ending the year on a high note, but also with a problem it would not be unhappy with - meeting the stiff targets set by the government. India has taken nearly a quarter century to create wind power capacity of …
The UP government is set to join hands with NTPC to develop a 375-MW solar power park, at an estimated cost of R3,000 crore, in Jalon district, with the objective of tiding over the power crisis. The state government plans to hand over about 750 hectare in Jalon to NTPC …
Industry experts say things are getting muddled as the government tries to balance contrasting objectives Will the NDA's coal block auctions fix the mess in India's coal sector? With the draft rules of the proposed coal block auctions in the public domain, a set of industry experts says things are …
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has agreed to jointly develop a thermal power plant at Kamakshyanagar in Dhenkanal district with state-owned Odisha Thermal Power Corporation. This was decided at a meeting between chief minister Naveen Patnaik and NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury here on Wednesday. Shares that each entity …
The maharatna has also signed MoUs with the AP and MP governments for generation of 1,000 and 750 Mw solar energy plants respectively NTPC Ltd, a maharatna PSU, that is in the course of implementing two super thermal power plants in Odisha, has now decided to commit investments in solar …
The Supreme Court today granted four more weeks to the Centre for filing "comprehensive" environment and ecological impact report of 24 hydroelectric power projects to be established on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit said the Ministry of Environment …
Chhattisgarh achieved a total commissioned capacity of 7.1000 MW from grid connected solar PV power projects as on March 31, 2014, according to the 2013-14 annual report of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The total commissioned capacity of such Solar PV power projects was 4.000 MW as on …
Industry experts have lauded the decision of the Narendra Modi government to bring about an ordinance to carry out reforms in the coal sector and said they were in line with the decisions and recommendations of the Supreme Court. At the same time, they expressed disappointment over the non-appointment of …
The government on Monday allowed private companies in power, cement and steel to get their own coal mines through e-auctions, thus clearing the logjam created by the Supreme Court order annulling all allocation of captive mines since 1993. This makes the process through which end-users of coal can acquire a …
In a revamped National Solar Mission (NSM) programme, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has now come out with draft guidelines for setting up 3,000 MW of solar PV projects under Tranche-I. Earlier planned allocation of 1,500 MW under batch II of phase II is reported to …
BHAGALPUR/PATNA: NTPC's thermal power plant at Kahalgaon in the state is setting up bagging machines in the unit for mechanised packing of ash for use in cement firms in North-East, after warning from pollution control board and protests from locals against open filling of fly ash. "Six bagging machines are …
