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 …
Even as the State and country are reeling under acute power shortage, the 3,000 MW NTPC-Kaniha power plant has regulated its power generation due to less supply of coal. The power plant, according to an official, is in a critical condition with coal stock that would last for just a …
New Delhi The government has directed Coal India to immediately review the force majeure clause in the fuel supply agreements (FSAs), being currently signed with power companies, to prevent disruption of coal supplies by the PSU on flimsy grounds. A source in the coal ministry said the CIL’s board has …
Over Rs 17,000 crore worth of investments in Uttarakhand would be impacted, if the proposals of a Government study to stop work on various hydel projects in the State are implemented. A recent Government study has proposed exclusion of about 2,900 MW of hydel projects in Uttarakhand as they may …
Apart from India’s official delegation, some of the business houses in the country are also gearing up to be part of the global climate forum, Rio+20 Earth Summit, to start in Brazil later this month. Stressing that businesses have a leading role to play in India’s transition into a green …
New Delhi Unhappy with the minimum penalty norms in Coal India’s fuel supply agreements (FSA), the power ministry has approached the coal ministry to change the disputed clauses. ‘‘We are trying ... we are taking up this issue with Coal India and ministry of coal. Disincentives are not there for …
The Kudgi power plant, the foundation stone for which is set to be laid on Saturday, has kicked up a controversy with environmentalists opposing the project on the grounds that it would adversely affect health of the people in the region, besides harming the ecology. M P Patil, a retired …
New Delhi Power, cement and steel companies, which are facing uncertainty due to environmental and other regulatory issues over their captive coal blocks, can now relax. This is because the government will soon come out with a policy on allocation of alternative coal blocks to them. The group of ministers …
With the mercury going up in the hills, the momentum of protests are also going in the same direction in Uttarakhand over the issue of hydel projects. India’s top Public Sector Undertakings and private companies like L&T;, Lanco, GMR, GVK, NTPC, THDCIL and UJVN are constructing hydel projects on the …
Work on the much-delayed thermal power plant project is set to begin at last, with Union Minister for Power Sushilkumar Shidhe scheduled to lay the foundation-stone at Kudgi in the district on June 2. The first project to be taken up in the State by the National Thermal Power Corporation …
Under pressure from the power utilities, state-run Coal India (CIL) is open to the possibility of reviewing certain aspects of the force majeure clause in the Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) being currently inked with power firms. This change, however, of stance will not be at the cost of the company’s …
New Delhi The 12th Five-year Plan may end without any significant fresh gas-based power capacity being added in the country. The power ministry has issued a directive to all state governments and other central and state utilities asking them not to propose any new gas-based power project at least till …
International Coal Venture Ltd, a consortium of five state-owned steel and power companies, is in talks with New Zealand-based coal producer, Solid Energy, for potential coking coal blocks they can develop together. Sources close to the ongoing discussions said the talks have been led by India’s largest steelmaker, Steel Authority …
The chief of NTPC, India’s biggest power generator, has launched an unprecedented no-holds-barred attack on fellow state-run firm Coal India Ltd (CIL), calling it the “only company in the world where the production has gone down but the profits have gone up”. Alleging that Coal India’s status as the country’s …
11th plan target could not be met due to environmental problems The Planning Commission and Power Ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for the next five years. Earlier, Power Ministry had proposed a target of adding 76,000 MW in …
NTPC Ltd, India’s biggest power producer, said it plans to spend as much as $15 billion (Rs 82, 521 crore) over a decade to secure overseas coal supplies as prices of the fuel tumble to a 19-month-low. The utility may sign five- or 10-year contracts for the first time to …
Major power producers in the private and public sector, including Tata Power, NTPC, Torrent Power and Mahagenco, have opposed the proposal floated by the Association of Power Producers (APP) to pool domestic gas with RLNG (regasified liquefied natural gas). They have opposed the move on the ground that this would …
NEW DELHI, May 22 – Assam may be reeling under massive power shortages, but Union Power Minister is still sitting on the proposals to grant long-term coal linkages to Chandrapur and Margherita thermal power plants. Applications seeking long-term coal linkage and Letter of Assurance (LoA) for setting up 60 MW …
Power companies have refused to ink fuel supply pacts with the miner due to insertion of new clauses The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India to examine issues, including changes in penalty clause, raised by the power producers regarding the model fuel supply agreement. The move comes against the backdrop …
More than eight months after the government scrapped the controversial ‘no-go’ policy, which had banned mining in some areas, state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is still struggling to operate its new projects located in the so-called no-go areas in the absence of a formal go-ahead from the environment ministry. The …
Maharatna major NTPC’s maiden overseas venture at Khulna in Bangladesh has now run into an environment hurdle due to its proximity to the world’s largest mangrove forest Sunderbans. Environmentalists in Bangladesh have already moved court asking the project to be scrapped as it comes within 14 kilometres of Sunderbans. The …
