India's power sector enters "value chain" reset led by transmission, storage and demand growth: ReportIndia's power sector is undergoing a overhaul, with transmission infrastructure and energy storage identified as key drivers for the next d...
05 Jul, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
Power entering a 10-year supercycle? Elara Capital's Rupesh D Sankhe reveals the best stocks to ownIndia's power sector is set for a major boom. Demand is expected to surge by 5% to 6% annually for the next decade. This growth is fueled b...
08 Jun, 2026, 01.53 PM IST
India’s solar crisis has been failure of planning, coordination and infrastructure: Swaminathan AiyarIndia’s rapid solar expansion is creating an unusual crisis where electricity prices on the Indian Energy Exchange briefly fell to zero in ...
27 May, 2026, 11.06 PM IST
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan launched for coal sectorThe coal database has 74 geographical information system-based layers on the PM Gati Shakti portal under categories such as coal block, coa...
14 Mar, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
New coal transport plan to reduce congestion, costsThe government's logistics plan aims to enhance first-mile connectivity for coal, reduce congestion and cost of transport, complete rail co...
01 Mar, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
Monsoon management plan in works to ensure coal at power plantsUnder the plan, coal companies will focus on evacuating coal through first-mile connectivity, deliver more from shallow areas, and develop ...
02 May, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
14 railway projects worth Rs 22k cr being undertaken to enhance coal transportation efficiency: Govt"Fourteen railway projects are being undertaken towards increasing the efficiency and further enhancing the capacity of the coal evacuation...
03 Dec, 2021, 10.24 PM IST
Integrated infra, coordinated efforts in line with PM Gati Shakti to augment coal productionIn October, PM Narendra Modi launched a Rs 100-lakh crore national master plan (NMP) for multi-modal connectivity that aims to develop infr...
03 Dec, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Coal India to construct 21 railway sidings at cost of Rs 3,370 croreCIL underpinning for a cleaner environment in coal transportation has placed increased impetus on rail evacuation and would gradually migra...
28 Dec, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
SECL plans 8 projects worth Rs 3,100 crore for improving coal evacuationThe company said because of the move, there would be reduction in the cost of landed price of coal at generators end and retain the foreign...
18 Oct, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
South Eastern Coalfields’, Rail JV secures almost Rs 4000 crore loan from SBI-led consortiumSBI’s exposure to this project is Rs 1800 crore rest being from Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Bank and Ban...
04 May, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
Coal India banks on 25 key projects to double production by 2020For most of these projects, land is yet to be acquired, environmental approvals have to be obtained and transportation of coal by rail has ...
11 Sep, 2015, 05.18 AM IST
Jharsuguda-Barpali rail line by June, 2016: Coal Secretary Anil SwarupWhile giving adequate stress on coal evacuation system Swarup said the country has generated 494 million tonnes of coal this year which is ...
18 Jun, 2015, 11.15 PM IST
CIL allowed to sell more coal via e-auctionAccording to the source, Coal India may take a decision of allowing the e-auction of coal up to 10 per cent.
08 Apr, 2015, 07.31 PM IST
Government taking steps for smooth transportation of coal: Anil SwarupGovt has decided to raise number of railway lines over next 5 yrs that will enable transportation of 1 bn tonnes of coal produced by CIL, S...
23 Nov, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
- CIL appoints PFC to select partner for Orissa power project
Coal India said it had appointed the Power Finance Corporation to select a suitable partner and operator for its proposed 1,600-MW power pr...
22 Nov, 2011, 05.51 PM IST
- Tata aiming for power supply from Mundra UMPP in four months
Central transmission utility PowerGrid Corporation has hooked up Tata Power's 4,000-MW ultra-mega power project at Mundra to the national g...
05 Oct, 2011, 02.40 PM IST