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 …
CSE probe details alleged rigging of bids to favour Lanco, shell firms ministry says will examine evidence, Lanco denies CSE allegations The Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is in the eye of a storm over allotment of power plants under the National Solar Mission, in the first …
New Delhi Smelling a scam in the bidding process for the National Solar Mission, Sunita Narain-led Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday said that front companies floated by Lanco Infratech had grabbed not less than nine projects of 235 mw under the mission. This is about 40 % …
The government’s decision to roll back a 12.5 per cent rise in coal prices might have eroded Coal India’s cushion against a Rs 6,500-crore wage impact. But it came as a blessing for another public sector undertaking, NTPC. The state-owned power generator is saved from an additional annual outgo of …
New Delhi: In violation of government norms, a single company, Lanco Infratech has allegedly cornered 40% of the contracts bid out for the first phase of the National Solar Mission, garnering projects with assured revenue of Rs 13,000 crore over the next 25 years, including a large subsidy that the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today alleged that Lanco Infratech flouted rules in bagging projects under the National Solar Mission, a charge refuted by the diversified group. The Delhi-based NGO has alleged that Lanco created front companies and got about nine solar power projects having a total capacity …
Final call after review of new pricing system in March Protests by coal consumers, led by the power industry, against the government move to switch to a new pricing methodology have forced state-owned miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) to roll back the price hike under the Gross Calorific Value (GCV)-based …
Laying of pipelines for carrying regassified LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Puthuvype to Kochi and beyond is on schedule and no hitch is expected, according to GAIL (India) Limited officials here. There have been some enquiries from the Forest Department about certain patches of land in Palakkad where the pipeline …
For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to invest in the generation of an energy considered costly, but also dramatically drove down the cost of producing this energy. In its celebration, little …
Projects of over two dozen corporates, including NTPC, Coal India, Hindalco, Essar and Adani, to be fast-tracked Taking note of a formal end to the controversial ‘no-go’ classification of coal mining projects, the coal ministry has asked states to give revised proposals to the environment ministry for projects stuck in …
New Delhi Enthused by the success of the first phase of the Prime Minister’s solar mission, the government has scaled up the second-phase (2013-17) target from 3,000 MW to 9,000 MW and is mulling fresh incentives for potential investors. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will see investment of R1.08 …
Dhaka Bangladesh on Sunday signed a $1.5-billion deal with NTPC to build a 1,320 -MW coal-fired power plant, the country's biggest, to help ease acute power shortages. Bangladesh's state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) struck the 50:50 joint venture deal with public sector National Thermal Power Company (NTPC). Under the pact, …
A Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) panel has recommended clearance for the 18-MTPA Talaipalli coal-mine project of NTPC in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The project had come up for discussion for grant of environmental clearance in the meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) that was held recently. "The …
DHAKA, 29 JAN: Bangladesh today signed a $1.5-billion deal with NTPC to build a 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant, the country's biggest, to help ease acute power shortage in the country. Bangladesh's state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) struck the 50:50 joint-venture deal with India's public sector power outfit NTPC. Under …
A Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) panel has recommended clearance for the 18-MTPA Talaipalli coal-mine project of NTPC in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The project had come up for discussion for grant of environmental clearance in the meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) that was held recently. “The …
The Power Development Board chairman, ASM Alamgir Kabir, on Sunday said that price of power from the proposed joint-venture plant at Rampal in Bagerhat would range between Tk 5 and Tk 7 a unit. ‘The price depends on the cost of engineering, procurement and construction, coal and operation and interest …
EGoM likely to meet in the second week of February With the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) likely to meet in the second week of February to discuss issues related to the allocation of gas, the Power Ministry has decided to ask the EGoM to direct Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries …
State-owned power producer NTPC today said it got Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) clearance for its 2,400-Mw (3x800 MW), Stage-I Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project being set up in Bijapur district of adjoining Karnataka. The board of directors recently cleared the investment proposal of Rs 15,166 crore for setting …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has accorded environmental clearance for the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I (3x800 MW) of power major NTPC Ltd, which is being set up in Bijapur district of Karnataka. The board of directors of NTPC Ltd cleared the investment proposal of Rs 15,166 crore …
NEW DELHI: An increase in electricity tariffs appears inevitable across the country as a result of the new coal-pricing regime implemented by state-run monopoly Coal India ( CIL), the power ministry has warned. In a letter to coal secretary Alok Perti, power secretary P Uma Shankar has warned that the …
With Coal India Limited (CIL) having hiked its coal prices under a new mechanism, public and private power producers along with other economic sectors have warned of a considerable escalation in power generation costs. This could trigger a hike in power tariffs. Consequently, prices of related products will also go …
