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Household electrification benefits men more than women in India: Study

According to the study, households tended to have more male-used appliances than neutral, and more neutral than female-used appliances

1.5 mn power sector employees plan strike on Jan 8 against privatisation

They say amendment to Electricity Act, 2003 will also impact farmers and weaker sections of society

Fixing the power sector

The electricity sector's ills call for sustained intervention by the Central government, which should engage with the states to draw up turnaround strategies

Adani Power looks to refinance existing loans to reduce cost of debt

Adani Power expects to reduce its annual interest cost to Rs 1,900 crore through low-cost funding

Tata Power, NTPC, PowerGrid: Are power sector stocks likely to dip further?

Even as Adani Transmission hit new lifetime high on Tuesday, most power sector stocks are showing bearish signs. Here is how they look on the technical charts

Andhra to raise Rs 10,000 cr in loans to meet discoms' payment obligations

APPFCL acts as a nodal agency for raising the funds for the state power utilities either by issuing bonds or by taking loans from banks and financial institutions

Amid falling demand, IL&FS power plant in Tamil Nadu an outlier

With the improvement seen in off-take in the last eight months, the plant generated 690 million units of power in November 2019

New power sector distribution scheme to have a capital outlay of Rs 2 trn

Multiple power supply franchisees to be part of scheme

REC raises $500 mn via unsecured notes to lend to power sector companies

The settlement date for the notes is expected to be December 12, 2019

Andhra govt blames former CM Chandrababu Naidu for power sector's losses

State asks Centre to give subsidized loan to meet Rs 18,000-crore dues

Rs 4,100-crore EPF scam: UP power employees begin 48-hour work boycott

Yogi government warns workers against arson, disrupting power supply

Niti's National Energy Policy to be umbrella plan for all energy ministries

National Energy Policy to become guiding policy for half a dozen ministries

CESC drops plan to demerge power generation and distribution business

Shashwat Goenka inducted to the board of CESC as its vice-chairman and additional director, subject to the necessary approvals

CG Power enters into inter-creditor pact, calls off merger with subsidiary

CG Power has asked firms linked to promoter Gautam Thapar to return Rs 3,300 crore

Tata Power arm to set up 10,000 microgrids, help electrify 5 million homes

The TP Renewable Microgrid would be set up in collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation

Govt may bring plan to prevent Rs 1-trn power sector debt from becoming NPA

Government sources said that Power and Petroleum Ministries are in the final leg of drafting the new subsidy scheme

Govt's franchise model in power supply will interest private firms: Experts

However, some say the benefits have not been encouraging and full privatisation might be better

To boost economy, Centre must pave way for tendering: Siemens MD and CEO

Some of the measures taken (by the government) are absolutely the right signals, said Mathur

Centre drafts franchisee model for power supply, urges states to take it up

The plan proposes a "light-handed approach" towards franchisees to incentivise, discount and set tariff (within stipulated range) for electricity supply in an area

Power sector to save Rs 2,500 cr annually due to corporate tax cut: ICRA

Also, state-owned power generating companies and power transmission companies, would be benefited from the lower tax incidence