Power

In order to create a ten trillion-dollar economy by 2032 India needs a robust and resilient infrastructure, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled in parliament on 4 July 2019 by a Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The work on the contracts for first priority design works is in progress for setting up two additional units of 1,000 MW each at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu (Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, KKNPP-5&6 - 2X1000 MW).

FICCI President Sandip Somany has highlighted some of the key areas that the Government should consider in the third year of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation.

The Government is supporting a Rs.10,000 crore scheme for the electrification of public and shared transportation layout with the aim to have 7,000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55,000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers during 2019-22.

Indian Railways, which uses approximately 56 Million Units of Electrical Energy per day, is taking the following steps for giving a thrust for use of environment-friendly technologies, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said in a written reply to a question...

India has adopted “closed fuel cycle”, where spent nuclear fuel is regarded as a material of resource, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has told Rajya Sabha on 27 June 2019.

Indian Railways (IR) has plans to set up 500 Mega Watt (MW) of Land based Solar plants, including those on its unused land, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha (Parliament) on...

The Government has decided to leapfrog directly to BS-VI quality w.e.f. 1 April 2020 across the country considering the rise in environmental pollution, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha...

RK Singh, Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy has approved a proposal to set up a Dispute Resolution Committee to consider the unforeseen disputes between solar and wind power developers as well as SECI and NTPC,...

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a Rs.800 crore orders for 200 MW Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) plants from NTPC Ltd and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL).