Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Gas pipeline from Iran is a high-stakes game by Bhagyashree Pande The scramble for oil resources poses a unique challenge to Indian oil diplomacy. It requires us to explore new engagements or alternatively imbue traditional political relationships with a new, hydrocarbon-related value, according to Talmiz Ahmed, the present Ambassador to …
With India having spurned U.S. advice on dealing with Iran, the one-day visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New Delhi on April 29 will have energy as the focus. The pending $22 billion LNG deal, the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and exploration and production joint ventures in Iran will …
The United Progressive Alliance government has done well to join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. But it should guard against the temptation of viewing the project as a substitute for the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline. Given high global oil prices and its growing energy needs, India …
By improving energy efficiency - using less energy to perform the same tasks - global ener- gy demand could be reduced by 12 per cent by 2030, saving $766 billion in building new energy infrastructure. For every $1 invested in improving energy efficiency, we would save more than $2 in …
Haryana Power Utilities will spend Rs.239 crore by the year 2011 to initiate power reforms in Gurgaon district, an official spokesman said here on Saturday. He disclosed that under this plan, new sub-stations would be set up and the capacity of existing sub-stations would be augmented. Also, new transmission lines …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement for extending $450 million loan to Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tata Power Company Limited executing the 4,000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project in Western Gujarat. According to an official ADB statement here, the bank will …
The Petroleum Ministers of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India signed an agreement on Thursday for the $7.6 million-TAPI gas pipeline project, describing it as "financially and economically viable' despite the escalation in costs since the time it was first proposed. Two-day deliberations The implementation of the pipeline project will begin …
Pakistan, India, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed to start construction of a gas pipeline project involving the four nations in the year 2010. Ministers from all four countries had earlier held a two-day discussion starting on Wednesday to finalise the modalities. The second meeting of the technical working group …
Seeking to work aggressively to secure its aim of energy security, India has decided to formally join the strategic U.S.-backed $3.5 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project this week. Before leaving for Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Murli Deora told journalists here that the Indian delegation …
Even as the last date for bidding for Nelp-VII has been deferred till May 16, owing to uncertainty over sops for the E&P; players, the petroleum ministry has not given up just yet. The ministry, in its internal report, said focus would be given on increasing domestic production by attracting …
The prevailing confusion over environmental safety of the compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) came into sharp focus in Rajya Sabha on Monday. In reply to a question during the Question Hour, power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government has appointed a task force for studying steps for safe management …
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will stop in New Delhi next week on a brief "working visit" to be topped by talks on two multi-billion dollar energy deals, an official said Monday. Ahmadinejad will arrive here on April 29 after a two-day state visit to India's southern neighbour Sri Lanka, and …
Food inflation in the time of rising fuel prices has a new dimension: diversion of more and more farmland for bio-fuel production. Three experts debate whether food and fuel are either/or choice. What is the long-term solution for obtaining food security? Can a multilateral body like the WTO or UN …
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has begun a new round of engagement with Saudi Arabia, aimed at bolstering energy, security as well as trade and investment ties. During his two-day visit, he will hold talks with his Saudi counterpart Saud Al Faisal. Maritime security Saudi Arabia is seeking partnership in …
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) will seek non-sovereign loans of around Rs. 1,600 crore each from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to fianance the expansion and modernisation programme, company Chairman and Managing Director R. P. Singh said here on Thursday. Addressing press persons, Mr. Singh …
Pakistan and Iran are likely to sign the gas pipeline project by April 25, even if India chooses to stay away for the time being, officials said. "If India does not want to join in the agreement immediately, it can join later. We will sign it bilaterally for the time …
The state cabinet has decided today to amend the provision relating to exemption in stamp duty under Incentive Policy for projects of power generation through non-conventional sources. As per the present provision, 50 per cent exemption in stamp duty would be given on the purchase of land for setting up …
The National Electricity Policy has envisaged a quantum jump in the per capita consumption of electricity for the next five years, but Asom is at the bottom of the list of States. Asom is lagging far behind the national average in so far as the per capita consumption of power …
