Power Grid Corporation of India informed the bourses today that it has acquired Rampur Sambhal Transco (RSTL), the Project SPV to establish transmission system for ‘Construction of 765/ 400/ 220 kV GIS substation, Rampur and 400/ 220/ 132 kV GIS substation
According to a World Health Organization survey of 1600 world cities, air quality in Delhi, India’s capital territory, is the worst of any major city in the world. An estimated 1.5 million people are killed each year by air pollution in India; it is India’s fifth-largest killer.
India and Japan have agreed to work together to tap the huge potential in domestic energy and steel sectors, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. His remarks came in a series of tweets after meeting a Japanese delegation.
While claiming that close to one crore households have been extended benefits of subsidised electricity scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Energy Minister Priyavrat Singh said that despite heavy losses incurred by power sector companies, the Congress government has decided against raising tariff.
India’s demand for diesel is slowing as the country’s car fleet shifts predominantly to gasoline, trucks get more efficient and solar pumps displace diesel-fed units across the countryside.
The government on Monday said there is no proposal to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha that no where in the world do the prices of petrol and dieselremain steady for a particular period of time.
ICPPA said Electricity Act 2003 provided that Cross Subsidy Surcharge (CSS) should be abolished over the years. However, the proposed amendments are aimed at creating new avenue of earning CSS from captive users.
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New Delhi metro station on Monday started providing check-in facility to passengers of AirAsia India, SpiceJet and GoAir who are travelling through T3 terminal of the Delhi airport.
Essar Steel, Adani Group and state-owned GAIL have bought majority of natural gas from Reliance Industries’ newer fields in the KG-D6 block at an indicative price of $5.04 – 5.16 per unit, industry sources said.
Power discom TPDDL has rolled out a pilot project to switch over to an electric vehicle fleet for its operations and maintenance work by collaborating with car rental company Zoomcar.
