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 …
Last month, a Presidential Directive was issued to CIL forcing it to sign FSAs with power companies Power sector planning body CEA has sought PMO intervention on fuel supply agreement as several companies have refused to sign pact with Coal India (CIL) amid differences over penalty to be paid by …
Coal India Ltd (CIL) may have been arm-twisted into signing Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with power developers but the coal major is using every trick in the book to ensure that the fuel pact is stripped of all possible penal provisions that could pin it down in case of a …
Delhiites will have to pay more for power from this month, particularly in the areas under the BRPL and the BYPL, and this hike is independent of the new tariff structure that is still being worked out. The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday agreed to a “fuel price adjustment …
The National Solar Mission, which aims to install 20,000 MW capacity of solar energy by 2020, has commissioned 89% of its allotted capacity in its first stage, government officials said. The government had signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with 28 solar power developers for 140-MW solar photo voltaic (PV) projects …
The Central Government has directed Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) to sign gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) with NTPC and 10 other city gas distribution (CGD) companies to supply gas from the KG-D6 fields. Recently, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha member Tapan Sen had, in a letter to …
NTPC will not sign separate fuel supply agreements (FSAs) for new units and old units at the same power station as is now required by Coal India. It intends to sign the same set of contracts – the one it has already signed for some of its units. The company …
NEW DELHI: The government has invoked special powers under the Electricity Act and directed the central and state regulators to implement a long-pending reform to allow industrial consumers to buy cheaper power from the open market. The move will help 15,000 large consumers particularly the sick textile, cement and steel …
New Delhi India is mulling inviting Qatar to invest in the country’s energy sector, and may offer equity stake to the Gulf nation in NTPC’s gas-based project in Kerala for assured fuel supply for the plant. Power ministry which is battling with acute gas shortage at its generating stations is …
New Delhi National Green Tribunal has sought a reply from the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) on a plea challenging the environmental clearance granted to Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I (2,400 MW) in Karnataka. A bench headed tribunal’s acting chairperson AS Naidusought MoEF's response on the plea seeking …
Kolkata India's largest power sector company NTPC's denial to sign the newly formulated fuel supply agreement (FSA) for new power plants is likley to jeopardise the government mandated plan to secure committed coal supply to power producers. NTPC accounts for more than 35% of the quantity that CIL would have …
Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world’s largest coal producer, would finalise at least eight fuel supply agreements (FSAs) by Tuesday, said its new chairman and managing director, S Narsing Rao. However, sources said the country’s largest power producer, NTPC, was yet to sign new FSA with the city-based company, as …
Power producers, including the country’s largest player NTPC, have refused to sign the new fuel supply agreement with Coal India, saying the proposed contract is biased and absolves the state-run company of all obligations. The companies have accused Coal India of frittering away the opportunity provided by the presidential directive …
BHUBANESWAR: Repeated requests by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the Union Ministry of Power for additional allocation of power from the Central pool has fallen on deaf ears. Facing power crisis for more than two years now, the State Government has been demanding additional allocation of 500 MW from the …
Forced by a Presidential directive, state-controlled Coal India Ltd (CIL) today initiated the process of signing fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power companies. It issued model FSA documents to its subsidiary companies, for signing with electricity generators. The move would break a three-year hiatus on coal supply and help raise …
LUCKNOW: Already facing shortage of coal, power plants in Uttar Pradesh are also receiving hiccups due to snags that threaten to get prolonged, thereby putting power supply in a grave jeopardy. The latest case pertains to tripping of two units of 200 Mw each at Obra power plant, which may …
In what belies the popular notion of a depressed investment environment in the country, the government’s spending on central sector projects commissioned in the first half of the previous financial year had risen exponentially, according to data obtained from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In the central …
The project was held up due to paucity of funds The Mamata Banerjee government on Wednesday gave its nod for a proposal to hand over a State-sector power project that was being implemented at Katwa in Bardhaman district to the erstwhile National Thermal Power Corporation, now simply NTPC. While NTPC …
ODISHA is set to become a powerhouse of the country. Over the past seven years, the state has signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with public and private firms to produce 50,000 MW thermal power. The state is proud of this achievement, but experts are concerned over an environmental threat—fly …
This video shows the moments of public hearing of environmental clearence of setback to the 2X800 MW capacity super thermal power plant of M/s NTPC Limited proposed to come up in village Kandagarh, Aadmuda, Jhilgitar, Develsura, Mahloi, Chhapora, pali and Lara in Pussore Tehsil, Raigarh District (Chattisgarh) on December 23, …
Last year, Ministry had scrapped coal blocks to 6 PSUs and 3 pvt firms for not developing them The Coal Ministry is likely to begin this week the process of issuing show-cause notices to 58 captive coal block holders, including PSUs, which have not started the development work of mines …
