Coal offtake from Coal India Ltd (CIL) has risen by 9.5 per cent during April-August to 246.90 million tonnes (mt) from 225.43 mt in the same period of last year. Production of the dry fuel went up 12 per cent to 216.23 mt, marking a 12 per cent growth in the period.
A new conveyor system to transport lignite from Mine-1A to the thermal power station by NLC India Ltd was formally launched Saturday by its chairman and managing director Rakesh Kumar.
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, has been selected by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to facilitate implementation of 5,00,000 Solar Water Pumping Systems.
In a bid to relieve power sector stress, the central government plans to auction power supply contracts with attached coal suppliers, permitting coal usage for short-term power contracts and tweaking the payment mechanism to help power projects
Energy Minister Susanta Singh blamed the Centre for making consumers of the State pay more for power generated by NTPC. A day after Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused the State Government
The Centre will soon come out with a plan of action to bring down the prices of petrol and diesel across the country, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said on Saturday.
Fuel prices have yet again witnessed a hike on Saturday, with petrol and diesel breaching earlier figures to touch new record highs. In New Delhi, petrol is being sold 35 paise higher at Rs 81.63 per litre, while the price of diesel has been hiked by 24 paise to Rs 73.54 per litre.
Petrol and diesel prices have broken all records. But they are not uniform across the country. The prices vary due to several factors, the most important being the state value-added tax (VAT). States do not levy the VAT at the same rate which leads to a wide variation in prices.
Adani Ports, India’s largest private sector port operator, and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Navi Mumbai are likely to bid for Dighi Port, which was declared bankrupt by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in April, according to two people aware of the matter.
Indian Railways had introduced dynamic pricing on September 7, 2016. Two years after its introduction, Indian Railways is all set to do away with the much-criticised flexi-fare scheme. The scheme has also been under CAG scrutiny.
Travelling on Delhi-Bhopal route is going to be a wonderful experience. As per recent development, Indian Railway’s Train 18 will be the first engineless train for inter-city travel. This new train comes with an amazing technological interface and enhanced hospitality.
The Central Railway will observe a 'Swachhata Hi Sewa – Pakhwada' from September 15 to October 2. The Western Railway is also observing a cleanliness campaign during same period.
There has been a huge jump in failures of railway infrastructure like tracks, diesel and electric locomotives and overhead electric wires in Southern Railway during the first four months of the current financial year, according to official statistics.
