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20 states evince interest to avail additional borrowing for power sector

The Ministry of Finance had launched a programme in June 2021 to allow additional borrowing space of Rs 80,000 crore to states

Coal India committed to meet elevated' demand of power sector: Official

Mining major Coal India Ltd is committed to meet the elevated demand of the dry fuel from the power sector, including coastal plants dependent on imports, a company official said on Tuesday.

Power sector employees to go on 2-day strike in Feb against privatisation

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Monday said that around 15 lakh power sector employees will go on nationwide strike for two days from February 23 to protest against privatisation. "National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE) has decided to resort to two days nationwide strike along with call given by All India Trade Unions on 23rd and 24th February," an AIPEF statement said. According to the statement, the NCCOEEE has also decided that core committee leaders of NCCOEEE will meet Governor Punjab on February 1 and handover memorandum to him against privatization of Chandigarh UT Power Department. AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey said that on call of NCCOEEE about 1.5 million power employees & engineers across the country will resort to two days strike on 23rd and 24th February against privatization policies of the central government. He said that main demands of power sector employees are: withdrawal of Electricity ...

States should realise urgency in lowering discoms losses: Power Secy

In a Q&A, Alok Kumar says the law, however, will speed up reforms, given a lot of investment is needed to meet the country's net-zero target

TMS Ep85: Tata IPL branding, power plants, Voda Idea & TTML, vaccine

Why Tata Group is going for IPL branding? Is India bidding adieu to coal-fired power plants? How can Voda Idea and TTML stage a turnaround? What are the new Covid-vaccine platforms? All answers here

DERC turns down city discoms' request to relinquish 98 MW power allocation

The power regulator DERC has turned down city discoms' request to allow them to relinquish 98 Mega Watt of power allocation from three generation plants of NTPC, official sources said on Wednesday.

MCL offers 2.25 mn tonne coal to power consumers via road-cum-rail mode

CIL arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd said it has offered 22.5 lakh tonnes of coal to power consumers via the road-cum-rail mode

Power CPSEs capital expenditure rises 47% to Rs 40,000 crore in Apr-Dec

The Capex performance of the ministry is significantly better compared to the previous year

5% GST on electricity may cause Rs 5,700-crore loss to states, Centre

Power cost may fall for industrial consumers, says NTPC-commissioned report

Delhi witnesses rise in power demand in 2021 after a dip in 2020

On a day-to-day basis, Delhi saw a rise in power demand on 227 days of 2021 compared to similar days of 2020, implying that on 61 per cent days of 2021, Delhi needed higher power than what was needed

PGCIL approves investment of Rs 322 crore to expand in data centre biz

The Data Centre will be estabilished at Manesar

Renewable energy unit's valuations may rub off on NTPC stock

Energy conglomerate looking for strategic investors; plans to list subsidiary

Power ministry working on resource adequacy plan guidelines

The ministry was also discussing some bigger reforms to make discoms viable

J&K power employees call off strike as govt commits to some demands

The employees had called a strike to oppose the move by J&K Power Development Department to privatise the power distribution in the Union Territory and also merge the transmission arm JKPTCL with PGCI

Govt rolls back proposals in draft power Bill, drops subsidy abolition

First made public in April 2020, the Bill is yet to get the Union Cabinet's approval

Drug major Cipla to acquire 33% stake in Clean Max Auriga Power

Post-acquisition, Clean Max Auriga Power LLP will become an associate of Cipla

Sensex slips 329pts, Nifty ends 104pts lower; Bajaj twins, ITC, TCS slip

The broader markets also weakened towards the end of the trading session; Sun Pharma, however, gained nearly 3 per cent.

Discoms' outstanding dues to gencos rise in Oct to Rs 93,609 cr

The overdue amount is the outstanding that has not been paid even after the expiry of 45 days grace period after bill generation

Govt to discuss Electricity Bill with farmers, halts power reforms for now

The protests were called off after the Centre gave a letter to the farmer bodies agreeing to meet their demands.

Power minister approves new inter-state projects worth Rs 15,893 cr

These projects were approved after examining the recommendations of the National Committee on Transmission and in accordance with the National Tariff Policy 2016