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Left won’t object: PM’s plan for solar lanterns across the country

The nuclear deal may have been temporarily hijacked by his Left allies but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cleared a slew of measures...

Now, fuel crunch takes toll on Kalpakkam unit

After fuel shortage forced Nuclear Power Corporation of India to delay commissioning of new units at Kaiga Atomic Power Station and Rajasthan Atomic P

Rural electrification plans may deliver high-demand shock

The power ministry has estimated that the Centre’s rural electrification plans, when completed, would increase demand for power by slightly over 7,335

Even as Centre holds up Rs 80K cr UP package, 2 proposals shot down

At a time when the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh continues to demand the special Rs 80,000 crore development package for the state...
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CII scraps idea of affirmative action Ombudsman

The Confederation of Indian Industry, one of the apex industry chambers that charted out a detailed code...

NPCIL omits ‘import’, ‘shutdown’ from n-fuel records

The gravity of nuclear fuel shortage is something the country’s nuclear power establishment would never openly admit.

60 yrs after it shut, money is raining on Kolkata Old Mint

Centre approves Rs 148-crore makeover, mint complex to house museum-cum-convention centre and hotel

Govt admits lack of fuel delayed start-up of two n-power units

With Left allies blocking Government moves to secure the India-specific safeguards agreement with the International...

NTPC all set to float JVs with states for new plants

In what signals a radical shift, the government is keen that power PSUs - especially NTPC - consider setting up power...

States overdrawing power beyond safety limit

With summer setting in, the demand for electricity has risen to an extent that most states have started resorting to heavy...

Centre set to approve Rs 2,000 cr VGF for Hyderabad metro rail

Largest ever viability gap funding for an Indian infrastructure project awaits finance minister’s final clearance

Indigenised equipment companies mandatory: Govt to power promoters

After putting a domestic manufacturing rider in tenders called by central power utilities for supercritical power equipment...

NTPC sees chokepoint in Chhattisgarh project

Bottlenecks continue to delay the Sipat project with NTPC now having reservations on giving a fresh application to the Chhattisgarh government...

Tata Power to step in for Mundra project if costs rise

To facilitate the financial closure of the Rs 17,000 crore Mundra ultra mega power project...

Govt to make global bidding must for ‘supercritical’ power units

The government will make international competitive bidding a mandatory condition to give bulk orders for power units using...

Tatas to seal $4.2 bn funding for Mundra project this week

Tata Power is expected to announce this week the financial closure of its 4,000 mw Mundra power project, which is the largest ever greenfield infrastr

Baglihar project needs funds to keep going

With the first phase of the 450-mw Baglihar hydel power project due for commissioning in September this year...

‘Local output facilities must for power equipment sellers’

In a significant policy pertaining to the supply of equipment for power projects in the country...

Bulk order for BHEL: Cabinet to decide today

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs which meets on Thursday is expected to consider a proposal to give BHEL an order to supply...

Deshmukh urges Centre to amend terms of loan waiver

Days after Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s announcement of farm loan waiver package for small and marginal farmers...

Railways’ growth figures now get a Lalu spin

Even though Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav claimed in his budget speech on Tuesday that Railways’ “financial turnaround...

Budget may bring in revised power reform programme

Aimed at reducing transmission and distribution losses on a large scale, the government is expected to roll out the new revised...

Govt to make provisions in Budget for higher spending

In order to accommodate demand for more funds from key ministries...

Planning Commission asks Punjab to streamline power supply to farmers

The Planning Commission on Tuesday suggested a slew of measures...

Sipat power plant in Chhattisgarh yet to take off

At a time when the Union Power Ministry is preparing a roadmap to implement the massive capacities planned for the XIth Plan period...
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