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 …
New Delhi: State governments with coal reserves played a key role in the distribution of acreages without bidding and, as the Comptroller and Auditor General’s draft report on allocation of 155 blocks notes, some of them expressed reservations over introduction of the competitive route. “The ministry of power and the …
The government expressed willingness to halt all power projects coming up in the Ganga’s Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basi-ns as part of its concessions to 80-year-old Prof. G.D. Agarwal (Swami Gyansw-aroop Anand) to persuade him to break his prolonged fast at the AIIMS here on Friday. These include the 330MW …
New Delhi All public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the power transmission sector, including intra-state transmission networks, will now qualify for government grants under the viability-gap funding (VGF) scheme, making them attractive to private sector investors. The VGF scheme, finalised by the finance ministry few years back to promote investment in …
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said no new gas-based power plants will be set up in the country till 2015-16, as the natural gas output is expected to fall considerably. The CEA in a letter to states indicated that as per Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas reports India's …
New Delhi Reliance Power has made it clear that it will not go ahead with the implementation of its R17,500-crore Krishnapatnam ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Andhra Pradesh unless contracted buyers agree on tariff revision to accommodate the increase in fuel cost from the recent change in the Indonesian …
As many as 18 power plants in the country are faced with critical level of coal shortage, Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal informed the Rajya Sabha today. Of the 89 thermal power projects being monitored, 34 had fuel (coal) stock less than seven days and 25 of …
Government has asked power producers to refrain from setting up new gas-based plants as dwindling fuel supply is threatening viability of 37,000-MW of existing and upcoming projects. The power ministry has issued an advisory to developers for not planning projects based on domestic gas till 2015-16. The directive signalsthat nofurther …
Across the power sector, alarm bells are ringing, threatening to short-circuit the already unravelling growth story. Manufacturing has pulled down to its lowest in three years, export growth is petering out, while rising input costs and a significant fall in capacity utilisation across sectors have stymied hiring and investment outlook …
New Delhi The Centre has put Orissa government’s plans to get 33% free power from coal reject-based power plants on hold. The coal ministry has asked Orissa government not to hold up any clearances for coal blocks on the basis of such condition till a proper policy is formulated in …
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not. After four years of wrangling and a final draft policy being prepared, the decision has been left to the PMO in view of the "sensitivities" involved after auto manufacturers opposed …
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not. After four years of wrangling and a final draft policy being prepared, the decision has been left to the PMO in view of the “sensitivities” involved after auto manufacturers opposed …
After hanging fire for many years, the fuel efficiency standards for cars are being finalised and a decision is likely to be taken soon by Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power, has prepared the final draft of proposed fuel efficiency …
Want liability exclusion in case laws change abroad oppose tariff renegotiation after bids are opened A power producers’ group has demanded clauses to offset changes in international laws, with regard to ultra mega power project contracts, while opposing tariff renegotiation after the financial bids are opened. The Association of Power …
India's first smart grid project recommended by the Power Ministry's India Smart Grid Task force will come up on a pilot basis in the union territory, an official release said today. The project involves an investment of Rs 77 crore, of which Rs 25 crore would be borne by the …
Reliance Power Ltd and Essar Power Ltd will have to wait for some more time to secure clearances for coal blocks in Chhattrasal and Mahan respectively in Madhya Pradesh, allocated for their ultra mega projects. This is because the Group of Ministers headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, …
The power ministry is likely to convey to a high level inter-ministerial panel on coal-related issues that despite agreeing to scrap the ‘go-no go’ system, the environment ministry is yet to lift the moratorium imposed on mining in the remaining two coalfields. This, it says, has triggered an immense uncertainty …
The commerce department has opposed power ministry's attempt to protect existing ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) from the proposed duty hike on imported power equipment. It has said the higher duties should be imposed on all imports from the day the Cabinet approves the proposal. “In the Cabinet note on …
New Delhi Amid the power sector facing acute fuel shortage, the coal ministry on Tuesday said that it may divert a portion of the fuel under e-auction quota to power producers, besides resorting to imports to meet the crisis. ‘‘We will divert coal under e-auction quota (to power producers), increase …
This video presents the talk by Vimal Bhai, Matu Jan Sangathan on green clearances at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues, organised by CSE at New Delhi, during February 24-25, 2012.
Government keen to ensure 75,000-Mw capacity addition in the 12th Five Year Plan After missing targets in the previous two Five Year Plans, the ministry of power now wants to ensure that a capacity addition of 75,000 Mw is achieved in the 12th Plan starting in April. Accordingly, the ministry …
