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 …
The power shortfall in the city touched 1,000 megawatts on Sunday, with outages reported from all parts of the Capital for durations of 1 to 2 hours. Power Minister Haroon Yusuf has, meanwhile, requested National Thermal Power Corporation to restore pool quota of supply to the city. The power companies …
New Delhi: City may have to reel under power cuts on Monday if coal shortage continues to hit power plants. Delhi received up to 1,000 MW less power on Sunday leading to load shedding in many areas; but no crisis situation arose due to less demand as it was a …
Other miners to share royalty, as cabinet clears draft mining Bill; industry frets. In a landmark decision that will impact the entire mining and mineral-based industry in the country, the government on Friday announced an overhaul of the law governing the sector. The new framework will introduce a benefit-sharing regime …
Private investors in India's power generation sector are worried. Fuel shortage is staring at their plants. Consumers are reading with disbelief at the much hyped India growth story - load shedding is a regular phenomenon in most urban centres. Rural consumers have no such problem - forget electricity even the …
In the current scenario where coal shortage has severely impacted power generation, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has an onerous task: ensuring that coal production is on target. In an interview, the minister highlights the reasons for the demand-supply mismatch.
The Central share of power has come down by 1200 megawatts due to closure of 11 units of Central Grid’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). This has affected power supply in Madhya Pradesh resulting in less supply in the evening. Six out of seven units of NTPC’s Korba unit and …
The Group of Ministers on coal and environmental issues hurting power generation in the country is believed have accepted the recommendation of the B K Chaturvedi Committee for granting clearance to projects in environmentally sensitive zones on a case-to-case basis. “The B K Chaturvedi report has been accepted by the …
New Delhi Solar electricity has finally joined the national power grid in India. What’s more significant, it has entered the grid at a cost far less than expected, reducing the need for heavy government subsidies to make the sector viable. The ministry of new and renewable energy recently opened bids …
New Delhi Fossil fuel-based power generators like NTPC, Reliance Power and Lanco Power, and energy majors such as Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and GAIL, are warming up to renewable power in a big way as India moves to control its fast-expanding carbon footprint as part of the …
In a significant softening of stance over the ‘go’ and ‘no-go’ mining policy, the environment ministry has agreed to discuss coal projects on a case-by-case basis. The move indicates some headway towards resolving the deadlock since February. Talking to reporters after a GoM meeting, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said, “There …
The coal ministry will award mining blocks to state-run NTPC for four of its upcoming projects and could also return licences that were revoked in June, putting the power plans of the company back on track. “We committed coal blocks to NTPC's four projects in Karnataka, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh,” …
New Delhi: Land acquisition problems have forced the country’s largest power producer, NTPC, to rethink its expansion strategy. The company now plans to use spare land at all its existing plants to put up additional generation units, instead of going in for fresh land acquisition. A capacity of more than …
KOCHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given its clearance for the Kochi-Kayamkulam gas pipeline. The clearance was given on an assurance by the authorities of the Gas Authority Of India Limited that any leakage on the pipeline would be rectified, if such a situation arises. The Centre …
Lucknow The steel ministry on Monday sought support of the UP government in getting land for setting up industrial projects in the state. ‘‘Development (of Uttar Pradesh) is not possible without industrial growth. But there are problems in getting land here due to some reasons. I ask the state government …
NTPC has announced a major investment initiative for setting up four thermal power projects in coal-rich Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at a cost of Rs.41,000 crore during the XII Plan (2012-17). NTPC has already signed preliminary agreements with the governments of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for the execution of four …
Two killed in Bihar, three in West Bengal; tremors felt in 10 States; Manmohan monitoring developments The northern and eastern parts of the country were jolted on Sunday after a powerful earthquake hit the Sikkim-Nepal border with a magnitude of 6.8 at 6.10 p.m., leaving at least 17 persons dead …
A joint venture of BGR Energy and Hitachi to get orders worth Rs 3,600 crore from NTPC Ltd for the supply of super-critical steam turbine and generators has led the Chennai-based company to emerge as the winner for supplying nine units of stem turbines. However, it will take only five …
Matters reached a head earlier this year when the prime minister assured the power ministers’ conference the government would decide within a month about power projects which were ready in all respects except for environment clearance. At a meeting convened by the prime minister’s office, the Kayamkulam project in Kerala …
The Karnataka government, which is in the thick of controversy over acquisition of land for several big-ticket investors, is in no mood to accept certain changes proposed in the new Land Acquisition and Resettlement & Rehabilitation Bill tabled in Parliament last week. Instead, the government is in the process of …
Forest Dept seeks compensation from NTPC Shimla: The Forest Department has sought adequate compensation from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), executing the 800 MW Kol Dam project, to rejuvenate the prime habitat of the “cheer pheasant” which is likely to be submerged under the dam water in Bilaspur. About …
