Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
CIL and its subsidiary coal companies are reporting negative coal balance, therefore there is no scope for issue of any new LoA, says Coal Ministry The Coal Ministry has rejected the Power Ministry's request to grant linkages for GVK Power's 540 MW plant in Punjab saying that state-owned CIL has …
The Union Power Ministry has circulated a model State Electricity Distribution Management Responsibility Bill, 2013, on the lines of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. The Bill aims at ensuring financial and operational turnaround and long-term sustainability of the State-owned distribution licensee. This is to enable adequate electricity …
New Delhi,03rd Oct 2013 In a significant move, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has taken up with the Ministry of Power the suggestion to include the fulfillment of RPOs (Renewable Purchase Obligation) by the states as a mandatory condition for their support under the financial restructuring scheme of …
The ministry envisages aggregate transmission and commercial losses coming to below 15% by 2017 The Union power ministry proposes to establish a National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) by 2014, on the lines of the National Mission for Electric Mobility launched recently by the ministry of heavy industries. The objective is …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is likely to take up on Thursday the Power Ministry’s proposal for a Rs.11,000 crore subsidy payout to cover the hiked electricity tariffs on account of the proposed price pooling of gas. This will help kick-start about 18,000 MW of gas-based projects. The Power …
Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Jyotirditya Scindia on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to fast-track nearly 95 hydro power projects with a capacity of 40,000 MW to give a big push to the power sector. The projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities, including Central Electricity …
The state-owned ONGC’s repeated dilly-dallying on supplying gas has delayed the state-run NEEPCO’s second biggest thermal power project in northeast India and resulted in huge losses, an official said Tuesday. The Rs.9.50 billion (nearly $150 million) power plant is being commissioned by the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) …
These projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities Efforts are being made to fast track hydel projects with a total generation capacity of 40,000 MW that are awaiting clearances at various levels, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today. These projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities including Central Electricity Authority …
A bill to provide for responsibilities of the State Government to ensure financial and operational turnaround and long-term sustainability of the State-owned Distribution Licensee to enable adequate electricity supply to consumers through financial restructuring, support on sustainable basis in the areas of long term planning, corporate governance, regulatory compliances, and …
The Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) on Monday asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to expedite approvals for nearly Rs 50,000-crore worth power projects. These projects belong to, among others, private players such as Essar Power, Reliance Power and Jaiprakash Power Ventures. Sources privy to the meeting told Business …
The code was proposed to achieve energy savings in large buildings including shopping malls, multiplexes. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Union ministry of power, has agreed to provide financial assistance to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD;) department of Andhra Pradesh for effective implementation of the proposed Energy …
The Power Ministry has revamped the UPA Government’s flagship Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) scheme to facilitate electricity to smaller hamlets and cover more below poverty line (BPL) families. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia has revamped the scheme to make it effective, so that …
Proposes 3 400-KV power transmission systems on Chenab basin The state government has proposed three 400-KV power transmission systems to tap about 3,000 MW from the Chenab river basin in the eco-sensitive Lahaul-Spiti cold desert. However, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI) face …
This roadmap released by the India Ministry of Power outlines how the country intends to leverage emerging smart grid technologies to transform its power sector. One goal is to give all Indian households at least eight hours of electricity per day by the year 2017. Smart Grid Vision Statement: “Transform …
In what might make the environment protection groups see red, Arunachal Pradesh has signed 95 MoUs totalling power generation of over 41,400 MW. Even as the agitations against construction of hydropower projects continue over the downstream impact of the projects, the Centre seems to have washed its hands off the …
Centre approves additional fund of Rs 400 cr for rail projects in NE Taking note of the time overrun of national projects in the northeast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked Power Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia to take steps to expeditiously complete the hydropower projects in the region. In …
Allocation would lead to an investment of Rs 1.6 lakh crore in the power sector More than a year after gross irregularities in coal allocation surfaced, raising a storm of controversy, the coal ministry on Wednesday allocated 14 coal blocks with reserves exceeding 8,311 million tonne (mt) to power sector …
Earlier CCEA nod on imported coal price to help hasten decision on these and 6 others The recent Cabinet decision on coal cost pass-through should enable quick clearance of at least half the 18 power projects to be considered on Wednesday by a sub-group of the Cabinet Committee on Investment …
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has asked for a detailed report on the present status of the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project from the Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami, Aware of the present stalemate over the prestigious National Hydro Power Project, the PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi told …
Coal India (CIL) has sought clarification from the government on whether the terms of the fuel supply agreement (FSA) it is signing with new power plants need to be modified again as the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) has put additional responsibility on the company to provide domestic coal …
