The Maharashtra government has asked all government offices, municipal corporations, municipalities and special planning authorities to complete a fire safety assessment within a month.

Complete fire audit by Sept: Maharashtra govt 

Business Standard

In an interesting meeting scheduled for July 13, Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling UPA coalition&rsquo;s nominee for the Presidential election, would be calling on the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, to thank him.

Pranab to thank Thackeray in person for Presidential poll support

State-run Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) on Saturday started pre-service inspection of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the first 1,000-Mw unit of the Kudankulam project. This was another key step in the run-up to the commissioning of the unit before fuel loading.

NPC begins pre-service inspection of Kudankulam's first unit

State-run Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) plans to develop power projects through joint ventures with the private sector, owing to constraints in the availability of funds.

MahaGenco plans joint venture to boost capacity addition

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has put in place a plan to mitigate potential corruption in awarding forest and environmental licences, to hasten the entire process.

Environment ministry to revamp clearances 

People from villages affected by the Navi Mumbai international airport have demanded the government and project developers to provide them 40 per cent of the developed land as compensation.

Villagers demand 40 % developed land

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who heads the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought, on Friday said the monsoon situation was not expected to improve in August. In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, he said he would travel to four states &mdash; Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan &mdash; between August 1 and 4 to take stock of the impact of deficient rains on production of foodgrains and vegetables. The situation, he said, was the same in Punjab and Haryana and a view on relief measures would be taken at an EGoM meet on Tuesday.

Monsoon not likely to improve in August, says Pawar

Nuclear Power Corporation on Friday clarified there had not been any radioactive leakage into the environment from the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS).

No radiation leak at Rajasthan nuclear unit

Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) says it would have to pay an extra Rs 201 crore yearly, due to the 10-15 per cent rise in supply rates from Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL, a Coal India arm.

Coal price rise means costlier power, warns MahaGenco

While the northern, southern and eastern regions are reeling under power crisis, the western region, comprising Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Goa, is a net exporter of power. At 6 pm today, the western region exported 3,614 Mw, comprising 1,940 Mw to the northern region, 830 Mw to the southern region and 940 Mw to the eastern region.

Amid rising power deficit, western region is a net exporter

Fossil fuel-based captive power plants (CPPs) with power demand of 1 MVA (mega volt-ampere) and above are now entitled to open access in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra allows open access for fossil fuel-based captive power plants 

Days after a massive fire at Maharashtra&rsquo;s state secretariate building, better known as the Mantralaya, killed five people and damaged three floors, the government on Monday said it would conduct fire risk assessment in all government buildings in the state.

Maha to conduct fire safety audit in all govt buildings

Coal India&rsquo;s &ldquo;dominant and monopolistic&rdquo; position in relation to production and supply has been challenged at the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Maha-Genco) has complained to the country&rsquo;s apex competition regulator, pressing for an investigation against the Kolkata-headquartered Maharatna for &ldquo;abuse of dominant position&rdquo;.

MahaGenco takes Coal India, arm to competition tribunal

Maharashtra public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said the restoration of the iconic Mantralaya building, damaged in a major fire, would be completed in three months.

Mantralaya to be restored in 3 months

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd, also known as MahaViataran, which has a consumer base of 19.5 million, is on the brink of a financial collapse, as banks refuse to sprovide working capital loans to the state-run discom.

MahaVitaran's loans halted

The truce between the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) notwithstanding, about 60 disgruntled legislators of the ruling Congress party in Maharashtra are determined to pursue their demand that Prithviraj Chavan be removed from the chief minister&rsquo;s post.

Congress faction to pursue Chavan's removal

The simmering NCP-Congress pot rose to a boil last week, as Sharad Pawar&rsquo;s list of grievances against the ruling party at the Centre and in Maharashtra grew longer.

Off again, on again

For the chief minister&rsquo;s public relations officer Satish Lalit, Thursday, June 21, was like any other day. He was preparing speeches for his boss Prithviraj Chavan, compiling press clippings and dealing with journalists in his office on the sixth floor of Mantralaya. This famous but humdrum-looking building, in Nariman Point and with 5 lakh sq ft of floor space, houses many departments of the state government.

Day of fire

Though the current slowdown may have hit the realty sector hard, the Maharashtra government has asked real estate companies to be patient, assuring them of all the necessary help. In an interview with Sanjay Jog, Maharashtra&rsquo;s Housing Minister Sachin Ahir talks about the government&rsquo;s stand and underlines the importance of transparency in the sector.

Govt resolved to bring in transparency: Sachin Ahir

Undeterred by economic slowdown and opposition from certain sections, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd&rsquo;s belief remains firm, that nuclear power is safe, reliable and needed. It proposes to launch 16,100 Mw of projects during the 12th Plan.Kailash Chandra Purohit, who took over this Monday as chairman and managing director, talks to Sanjay Jog on the lessons learnt from handling the opposition to the programme at the Kudankulam site in Tamil Nadu and other priorities.

We have learnt a lesson from Kudankulam: Kailash Chandra Purohit 

The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco), with installed capacity of more than 6,980 MW, would be hit following Coal India's move to increase prices by 10-15% in the western region. The state undertaking would have to shell out additional Rs 201 crore a year for its coal procurement from the Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), an arm of Coal India.

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