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 …
Norms' amendment will fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants Power Ministry may finalise the amended bidding guidelines for new electricity generation projects this week, a move that is expected to fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants. In an inter-ministerial meeting on June 28, the Ministry of Power is …
Two days after Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world’s largest coal producer, entered into fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with 27 power companies, some power producers, including Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (Mahagenco), on Wednesday raised objections against some terms of the pacts. Mahagenco, one of the largest power producers …
New Delhi After being held up for over four months, the government will finally approve a proposal to levy import duty on power equipment to protect the interest of domestic engineering firms such as Bhel and L&T from an onslaught of cheap imports from China. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has directed the Power Ministry to float a new Cabinet note on hiking the duty on the import of power equipment into the country. The move is aimed at countering the surge in imports, mainly from China, and to provide a level-playing field to domestic …
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office has directed the power ministry to redraft a proposal for imposing duty barriers on power equipment imports, even as private power producers cried foul, saying such a move would push up tariffs. At a meeting on Wednesday, PM’s principal secretary Pulok Chatterejee asked the …
A special 'star labelling' indicating fuel efficiency will be compulsory for all passenger cars from April 1, 2013, a top official of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) said on Wednesday. "All passenger cars will have to be labelled for their fuel efficiency from April 1, 2013," BEE Director General …
New Delhi The government has directed Coal India to immediately review the force majeure clause in the fuel supply agreements (FSAs), being currently signed with power companies, to prevent disruption of coal supplies by the PSU on flimsy grounds. A source in the coal ministry said the CIL’s board has …
Only last February, a confident Haryana had written to the Power Ministry to reallocate its share in a joint venture project, Aravali Power, to needy states since Haryana itself “would soon be power-surplus”. Three months hence, Haryana is staring at its worst power crisis ever, with three plants having suffered …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has pitched for relaxing the Forest Rights Act (FRA) norms for expeditious setting up of power transmission lines, a move to spare project developers from seeking mandatory concurrence from gram sabhas. It has asked the environment ministry to revise the FRA norms in consultation with …
New Delhi State-owned hydroelectric power major NHPC plans to form joint venture companies with private sector hydel project developers to rehabilitate their projects hit by a shortage of funds and lack of technical expertise. Under a proposal being finalised by the NHPC management, the company will pick up stakes of …
New Delhi Unhappy with the minimum penalty norms in Coal India’s fuel supply agreements (FSA), the power ministry has approached the coal ministry to change the disputed clauses. ‘‘We are trying ... we are taking up this issue with Coal India and ministry of coal. Disincentives are not there for …
The ministerial panel, headed by FM, recommends green clearance to be considered by the Cabinet In a major relief to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power, Aditya Birla Group and Essar Power, a 12-member ministerial panel on coal on Wednesday recommended environmental clearance for two coal blocks linked to critical infrastructure projects …
Work on the much-delayed thermal power plant project is set to begin at last, with Union Minister for Power Sushilkumar Shidhe scheduled to lay the foundation-stone at Kudgi in the district on June 2. The first project to be taken up in the State by the National Thermal Power Corporation …
Under pressure from the power utilities, state-run Coal India (CIL) is open to the possibility of reviewing certain aspects of the force majeure clause in the Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) being currently inked with power firms. This change, however, of stance will not be at the cost of the company’s …
New Delhi The 12th Five-year Plan may end without any significant fresh gas-based power capacity being added in the country. The power ministry has issued a directive to all state governments and other central and state utilities asking them not to propose any new gas-based power project at least till …
Direct cool refrigerators, geysers and colour televisions will be next in the list of appliances for which energy efficiency labelling is to be made mandatory by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a body under the Union Ministry of Power. These three are among 10 appliances for which energy efficiency …
11th plan target could not be met due to environmental problems The Planning Commission and Power Ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for the next five years. Earlier, Power Ministry had proposed a target of adding 76,000 MW in …
NEW DELHI, May 22 – Assam may be reeling under massive power shortages, but Union Power Minister is still sitting on the proposals to grant long-term coal linkages to Chandrapur and Margherita thermal power plants. Applications seeking long-term coal linkage and Letter of Assurance (LoA) for setting up 60 MW …
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union ministry of power, is planning to save 2,308 Mw of energy worth around Rs 11,540 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) by mandating the labelling of electronic products. Of this, 400 Mw, worth Rs 2,000 crore, is …
Power companies have refused to ink fuel supply pacts with the miner due to insertion of new clauses The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India to examine issues, including changes in penalty clause, raised by the power producers regarding the model fuel supply agreement. The move comes against the backdrop …
