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Sharma pitches for ban on cotton exports

Saturday 28 November '09

The government of India will consider a ban on cotton exports if the surplus the country currently enjoys diminishes following an unseasonably dry monsoon season.
AP power project faces delay as Chinese company cuts down staff

Thursday 26 November '09

The addition of 39 mega watts of hydro-electric power in Andhra Pradesh is on delay while a Chinese power company cuts its staff...
‘Strict’ policy on foreign workers raises eyebrows

Tuesday 24 November '09

The government’s policy of allowing one foreign professional for every 100 Indian labourers has raised the eyebrows of several nations with investments in Indian business....
Visa limit fixed: 1 highly-skilled foreigner for every 100 Indians

Monday 23 November '09

In a move quantifying India’s position on the employment of foreign workers on Indian projects, the government has said that only one highly-skilled foreign professional will be permitted for every 100 local or Indian labourers....
‘What comfort do investors have in existing power climate?’

Monday 16 November '09

Since its inception, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has led progressive power policy implementation.
What the world is reading

Tuesday 3 November '09

Since policy makers in Washington D.C. decided to provide financial support to Pakistan to aid in its battle with extremists, the country’s urban...
Will change law if states don’t comply with open access norms, says Shinde

Thursday 29 October '09

Power minister Sushilkumar Shinde is threatening to alter Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, if states do not implement open access up to the Central government’s standard....
August ’09 records worst peak month power deficit in 3 years

Wednesday 14 October '09

August 2009 was the worst August of the last three years in terms of meeting power requirements. During the busiest month of the year for power...
Exports improve steadily but negative growth likely till Dec

Monday 12 October '09

After bottoming out in March, exports have shown steady improvement during each month of the current fiscal.
India’s Chinese imports 3 times more than exports

Saturday 10 October '09

India has plunged into a $20-billion trade deficit with China by importing about three times more than what Indian exporters are selling to their neighbouring rival....
BHEL’s China office to assist in avoiding delays

Tuesday 6 October '09

The new management at state-owned power equipment major BHEL insists that the company, held responsible for many a project delay....
Rao named new BHEL chairman

Thursday 1 October '09

The Prime Minister’s office has approved an order naming BHEL’s current director of industrial systems and products BP Rao, as the...
Chinese labourers banned from Indian power sector

Saturday 26 September '09

Such unskilled and semi-skilled workers can be found in India, says govt...
Nath to ask for secure loans to push road growth

Saturday 19 September '09

Plan to break up NHAI into 4-5 regional zones for better management....
Power plants running short of coal

Saturday 12 September '09

Citing some 31 thermal power stations beign critically short on coal supply, the Cabinet has issued guidelines for rectifying, or at least compensating, the shortfall....
Govt short-circuits Chinese, gives domestic firms a leg up

Friday 11 September '09

The government’s decision to bar foreign players from contributing to India’s next 11 super-critical boiler and turbine projects...
Taming fluctuations in power trading

Friday 4 September '09

Buyers and sellers on the country’s power exchanges will benefit by the taming of price fluctuations set by a new policy...
CEA data contradicts ministry’s addition claims

Thursday 3 September '09

In conflict with the Ministry of Power’s claim that the country added 4,123 Megawatts of power during the UPA’s first 100...
Andhra Pradesh to house NTPC-BHEL joint venture

Monday 31 August '09

While naming a site in Andhra Pradesh as the future home of NBPPL, the long-awaited NTPC-BHEL joint venture....
PowerMin cuts target for 11th Plan period

Wednesday 19 August '09

The power ministry does not believe the capacity addition of 78,700 mega watts (MW) remains a feasible target for the 11th Plan period...
Shortfall in power supply surges to (-)13% in July

Sunday 16 August '09

By adding 750 mega watts (MW) of power in July, India has surpassed the 1,50,000-MW capacity milestone. However, continuing heat waves...
40% of NTPC’s plants are critically short of coal: Govt

Wednesday 5 August '09

Despite NTPC chairman R S Sharma’s exclamation that the PSU’s thermal power plants are not suffering from a shortage of coal....
FPO: Govt to divest 10 pc in Power Grid next fiscal

Tuesday 4 August '09

The UPA government will grant Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) chairman S K Chaturvedi his wish of an additional 10 per cent disinvestment in the next fiscal....
State boards wary of CERC’s proposed new fee structure

Monday 3 August '09

The state electricity boards and some state-owned power distributors are apprehensive about the Central Electricity Regulatory...
BHEL loses Rs 36K cr worth deals to Chinese competitors

Saturday 25 July '09

Rivals made use of higher product range, India’s open policy....
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