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 …
Construction of six Hydro Electric Power Projects (HEPs) is held up due to absence of Environment clearance by Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). The State-wise details of such HEPs are given in Annex. MoEF accords Environment clearance to Power Projects as per defined procedures laid down through various Notifications …
New Delhi In a rare administrative move, petroleum and natural gas minister Veerappa Moily has withdrawn a note circulated by his predecessor Jaipal Reddy to the members of a ministerial panel, which had opposed an immediate price hike sought by Reliance Industries (RIL) for the gas from its KG-D6 block. …
Says the pricing is meant to subsidise private power generators The Odisha government has objected to the new coal price pooling formula proposed by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Coal India Ltd (CIL), saying the revised pricing mechanism is aimed at subsidising private power generators. “If pooling of price …
The Delhi Government has sought the Centre’s permission to allow it to divert the gas supply meant for the Gas Turbine Power Plant and the Indraprastha Plant to its new plant at Bawana. Doing so, will help increase production at Bawana, which is currently being run much below its installed …
Another PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of all the coal blocks allotted to private companies since 1993 and a court-monitored CBI probe into the alleged scam involving over Rs 1 trillion. The petition has been filed by former Secretaries, including Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian, and …
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 – The Supreme Court on Monday gave four weeks’ time to NHPC, Ministry of Environment and Forest and Union Power Ministry to submit documents in connection with the construction of mega dams in the North-east. The Supreme Court was responding to a writ petition filed by …
The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu has to be blamed for the power crisis it is facing as it had not strengthened the grid for receiving surplus power. Attorney General G. E. Vahanvati, appearing for the Centre, told a three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice Altamas …
With the November 30 deadline set by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to wrap up fuel supply agreements (FSAs) drawing near, the Power Ministry has directed NTPC to sign the FSA with Coal India Limited (CIL) for supply of coal for its power plants. The Power Minister, in a recent …
The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear Tamil Nadu’s interim plea to restrain the Centre from reallocating the entire power surrendered by the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi — 230 MW round-the-clock and 1491 MW between midnight and 6 a.m. — to any other State. On Wednesday, a three-judge …
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has written to the Department of Revenue to include its 1,000 MW new thermal power project at Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu in the list of mega power projects to avail itself of customs and Central excise duty waiver. In a letter to the Joint Secretary in …
Attributes Jaipal’s ouster to his refusal to carry out Mukesh Ambani’s diktat India Against Corruption on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the NDA government as well as the Manmohan Singh government for protecting the interests of corporates, especially Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). It demanded that the government’s contract with …
New Delhi That several large power and fertiliser projects are stuck for want of gas/coal linkage is known, but even the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) has run into a hurdle for the same reason. The DMIC project includes six gas-based power projects of about 12,000 MW capacity along …
New Delhi The central electricity regulator has rejected the power ministry’s proposed standard bidding guidelines for allocation of ultra mega power projects, saying these are out of sync with the industry realities and could create uncertainty about financing of projects. The regulator has provided its comments in a statutory advice …
New Delhi Power and steel ministries are holding consultations with Crisil on its draft report on fixing reserve prices for 54 coal blocks to be allocated through competitive bidding route. “Some of the ministries like steel and power and Planning Commission are holding consultations with Crisil on its draft report …
New Delhi With impasse over the price pooling mechanism of imported coal remaining unresolved, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked both Coal India and Central Electricity Authority to work on the issue. "The PMO has recently asked both CIL and CEA to sit and work on Price Pooling," a …
Proposal was mooted by coal and power ministries to curb profiteering by miners The law ministry has raised questions about the logic behind making rate-based bidding mandatory for coal miners. “The law ministry has asked the coal ministry whether rate-based bidding actually benefits consumers of power. The ministry is now …
Cites Delhi Government plan to surrender power to Centre Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate to Tamil Nadu, 1,721 MW of power the Delhi Government proposes to surrender to the Centre from November 1 to March 31. In a letter on Tuesday, the Chief Minister …
New Delhi The power ministry has sought views of the central electricity regulator on the proposed changes in the standard bidding guidelines. The ministry’s proposal to vest ownership of project land in power buying utility, instead of the selected developer, is being opposed by both power companies and bankers. “The …
New Delhi After bankers raised concern over the power ministry's move to amend bidding guidelines for allocation of power projects that would vest ownership of land with bulk electricity buyers (power distribution companies), instead of the developers, industry bodies have jointly represented before the power ministry to withdraw the controversial …
New Delhi: The coal ministry will not restore the coal blocks that were taken away from staterun generation utility NTPC on grounds of delays in starting mining operations, even as production of black diamond rose 9% year-on-year in the April-October period. “It is not possible to give back the de-allocated …
