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India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dhamendra Pradhan has told the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on ‘Energy Future Road Map’.

Togo, a West African and member country of International Solar Alliance (ISA), has appointed India’s NTPC Ltd for development of about 300MW solar power project as part of its ambitious plan to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 with focus...

A number of probable investors have directly approached the Civil Aviation Ministry with interest to take over the financially-strapped Air India which is part of the Government’s larger divestment plans.

A World Bank US$210 million for a project will support small holder farmers participation in competitive agriculture value chains, facilitate agri-business investments, increase market access and productivity in focus commodities, and build resilience of crops to recurrent floods or droughts...

India is expected to complete expansion of 2.5 million tonne per annum capacity at Dahej Liquefied Natural Gas receiving terminal this year on anticipation of a demand pickup from the fertilizer industries and city gas consumers.

Wings India 2020 will focus on rapidly changing dynamics of the sector, focusing on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity, according to a senior aviation official.

The Government is coming out with a new trajectory of loss reduction and distribution companies will have to follow it to get further Government grants and or for access to loans from the Power Finance Corporation.

Airport Authority of India (AAI) is to invest more than Rs.25,000 crore in airport infrastructure which includes privatization program, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on 10 Jan 2020 in Delhi.

Indian Railways has planned to source about 1,000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power and about 200 MW of wind power progressively by 2021-22 across Zonal Railways & Production Units.

The Cabinet has approved signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation and promote investment in biofuel, bioelectricity and biogas supply-chains, including feedstock, industrial conversion, distribution and end use sectors.