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 …
In the absence of transport network and faster envt clearances, benefits will be limited After nearly 40 years of state ownership, the chorus of support for privatisation of coal mines is growing louder. With the economy ravenously short of coal to fire its power plants, and the state-owned Coal India …
Aims to maximise realisation to meet Rs 30,000-cr target FinMin to meet ministries this week To maximise realisations from stake sale in two companies in its disinvestment pipeline — Oil India Ltd (OIL) and NTPC — the government has planned to sort out some of the issues before launching offer …
In an attempt to make power plants using imported coal viable, the government will recast its coal allocation policy to ensure that all such projects that have reached advanced levels of completion get up to 30% of their fuel requirements through indigenously produced coal. The move would benefit six power …
This would boost NTPC's valuation ahead of its Rs 12,000 cr disinvestment this fiscal The Power Ministry is in constant touch with Coal Ministry to speed up the re-allocation of three mines to NTPC, which would boost the power producer's valuation ahead of its Rs 12,000 crore disinvestment this fiscal. …
The world's largest coal-based power plant is struggling to survive at the back of pricing problems On Monday, a high-level inter-ministerial panel will take a call on fuel supply for Adani Power’s Rs 25,000-crore imported coal-based power plant at Mundra in Gujarat. The infrastructure and mining major had asked the …
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has allowed power companies to club or divert the allocated gas between two or more power plants of the same company so as to improve the plant load factor and increase power generation. Following a significant drop in the plant load factor due …
The steel ministry has said that there is no need to give any discount on the intrinsic value of coal blocks to steel companies to be auctioned through the impending competitive bidding process. The ministry’s move is in sharp contrast to the power ministry’s demand that the reserve price of …
The coal ministry today said 35 power firms have so far entered into fuel supply agreements (FSAs)with Coal India Limited (CIL), amid the government stating that most issues relating to such pacts have been resolved. The statement follows the government announcing last month that power companies are likely to ink …
Amid fuel supply issues, the Power Ministry has suggested that if power companies are penalised for delays in commercial operation of its units, the same should also apply for Coal India (CIL) for not supplying coal as per commitment. Such a recommendation from the Power Ministry comes at a time …
Take less than 2 mt of the 30 mt offered by CIL Even as power companies have been complaining about a severe fuel shortage, they have failed to lift the extra coal offered to them by Coal India Ltd (CIL) from its stocks as emergency relief on the government’s instruction. …
Amid fuel supply issues, the Power Ministry has suggested that if power companies are penalised for delays in commercial operation of its units, the same should also apply for CIL for not supplying coal as per commitment. Such a recommendation from the Power Ministry comes at a time when not …
ITANAGAR: The situation remained grim at Tawang as thousands of people, mostly monks and villagers led by Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF), defied the 144 CrPC and took out a rally from Tawang Monastery to Old market on Monday in protest against construction of dams. With the voice against construction …
The power ministry has told an inter-ministerial panel that the proposed regulator for the coal sector should be equipped with adequate powers to decide upon the prices of the fuel to curb the “profiteering” tendencies of coal companies. It should also be empowered to adjudicate disputes between coal producers and …
The power ministry has told an inter-ministerial panel that the proposed regulator for the coal sector should be equipped with adequate powers to decide upon the prices of the fuel to curb the “profiteering” tendencies of coal companies. It should also be empowered to adjudicate disputes between coal producers and …
The Power Ministry is seeking special dispensation from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to facilitate bidding for ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW each in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “The Power Ministry wants the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to offer in-principle environment clearance to the entire power …
Central and state power regulators recently discussed what needs to be done to make competition in retail sale of power a reality for the citizen. The Union power ministry had recently proposed amending the Electricity Act of 2003 to separate the supply and retail-wire businesses. The Forum of Regulators (FoR), …
New Delhi: In a move that could trigger a fresh controversy over the valuation of natural resources, the Power Ministry has sought that the reserve price of coal blocks to be offered through the competitive bidding route be set at 90 per cent discount on the intrinsic value of the …
New Delhi: Seeks halting of work on 1,980-MW plant in coal-bearing area of Jharkhand The coal ministry has contested the suggestion made by a group of ministers (GoM) to allow NTPC to set up a 1,980-MW power plant in the coal-bearing area of North Karanpura in Jharkhand. Moving a Cabinet …
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 11 National Energy conservation Awards - 2012 to Indian Railways - the highest ever by any Indian industry for the remarkable achievements by its Zonal Railways in Energy Conservation initiatives during the year 2012. In order to intensify the energy conservation initiatives, Ministry of Power …
CEA has suggested that coastal plants and power plants which are equidistant from coast and mines should get imported coal The Power Ministry and the sector's planning body Central Electricity Authority may be required to consult power generation utilities for signing Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with Coal India. "They (Power …
