Page 7 - Power

Large parts of Mumbai face major power outage; local trains held up

Large parts of the financial capital reported major power outage on Monday morning due to a technical failure

Govt plans to leverage power for cooking needs of poor: R K Singh

The minister said that power will provide poor strata of the society a cheaper option for their day to day requirement

SAD warns Punjab govt against withdrawal of free power to farmers

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday warned Punjab CM Amarinder Singh against the withdrawal of free power to farmers, saying the move will face still resistance from his party. If you take a single step towards discontinuing free power to farmers, you must prepare yourself and your government to face an unprecedented mass movement by the SAD to safeguard interests of the already beleaguered peasantry. We will never allow free power to stop, Badal said. Sukhbir's comments came after a group of experts formed by the Punjab government to suggest ways to revive the state economy in the post-coronavirus period recommended some tough measures. The expert group has recommended to defer the payment of salaries to employees and described free power to farmers as highly regressive. The group of experts, led by former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, in its first report said free power has limited the "government's ability to

BHEL begins civil works at 660-MW Sagardighi power plant in West Bengal

State-owned engineering firm BHEL on Friday said it has commenced civil works at 660-MW Sagardighi supercritical thermal power project in West Bengal

Increase in coal production helped lower power price: Western Coalfields

Western Coalfields has increased the production of coal to 57.6 mn tonnes in fiscal year 2019-20 and provided it cheaply to govt and private thermal power stations in Central, West and South India

NLC India boiler explosion: Director Power asked to go on leave immediately

The government on Saturday said NLC India's Director, Power has been asked to immediately proceed on leave till the finalisation of the enquiry into the explosion of the boiler at thermal power plant

Cyclone Amphan: Odisha to get full power, telecom services on Friday

Vodafone Idea, Airtel say they may even deploy temporary sites in case the damage caused to the existing sites is irreversible

FM gives reforms pill for ailing economy with privatisation, policy tweaks

In the latest announcement, the government's focus was on structural reform in sectors such as coal, minerals, aviation, defence, aerospace, power, and social infrastructure

Growth in India's energy consumption, power supply hits five-year low

In five years, there has never been a situation where demand has fallen against planned energy generation

India reaches power generation capacity of 365 GW: Govt tells Parliament

Peak as well as energy requirement deficit was less than one per cent during the first seven months of 2019-20: Govt

Biggest drop in power demand makes Indian banks' bad debt headache worse

Banks had about Rs 1.8 trillion ($25 billion) of stressed loans to India's coal-fired power generators as of last year

Odisha buys 300-400Mw power from spot exchanges to plug peak deficit

Hydro power generation in the state reaches its peak during July-August when the state is lashed by rains

NTPC-Power Grid JV likely to be distribution sector operator

Senior government officials dismissed the notion that the new company would function like an alternative discom

Centre proposes agricultural power lines, but some states don't agree

While the Centre's emphasis was on household electrification, power for agriculture had so far not been pushed with much enthusiasm

Govt mulls round 2 of 2,500 Mw medium-term power purchase agreement auction

A PPA is a prerequisite for getting coal supplies for power plants.

Discoms achieving targets before March 2019 deadline to be awarded

Under the first quantum of the award, the first discom/power department to achieve 100% household electrification by November 30, 2018 will be provided a cash award of Rs 5 million

Power, PSU bank stocks trade weak as Allahabad HC refuses interim relief

REC, PFC, Adani Power, Tata Power and GMR Infrastructure were down in the range of 1% to 4% on the BSE.

Urban power reforms: Slow start, steady pace but looming deadline

First part of the series discusses the financial support to urban power reforms, performance of states and the roadblocks

Power can make leaders more sensitive

When seen as a responsibility, power makes the one wielding it selfless

Govt aims to ensure power at Rs 3 per unit in the medium term: Goyal

Goyal assured that there is no proposal to increase tariffs for farmers