Parliament watch: New vehicle tracking system in Delhi, Bharat NCAP ratings & moreUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed that 643 National Highway projects awarded since 2015-16 are delayed due to land acquisition, environ...
19 Dec, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Discoms outstanding dues decline 82 pc in over 2 years to Rs 24k crPower distribution companies' legacy dues have drastically decreased by 82% to ₹24,684 crore since June 2022. Thirteen states initially rep...
12 Dec, 2024, 06.07 PM IST
Telangana CM orders judicial probe into power deals, projects by BRS govtAlleging that large scale corruption took place in the construction of Bhadradri and Yadadri thermal power plants, Reddy said the judicial ...
21 Dec, 2023, 06.03 PM IST
Reforms improved financial viability of the power sector: VK Singh, REC director-technicalIndia is at 175 GW and needs to add 325 GW by 2030. REC aims to build a renewable portfolio and explore opportunities in solar, wind, hydro...
17 Jul, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Discoms' outstanding dues to gencos decline to Rs 91,061 crore: Minister RK SinghHe further said that the government promulgated Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules 2022 on June 3, 2022, recogn...
06 Apr, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
Reducing discom losses: How India can strengthen its Reformed Distribution Sector schemeThe Revamped Distribution Sector (RDS) Scheme aims to bring down discom losses within the 12-15 per cent range and align supply costs and r...
24 Dec, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
Centre enables discoms to relinquish legacy PPAsA senior official in one of the distribution companies said the vintage PPAs had exit condition of 25 years or useful life of the project, ...
24 Mar, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Infrastructure credit grew marginally to Rs 22.6 lakh crore in H1FY21, says new reportAccording to Icra's vice president and head (financial sector ratings) Manushree Saggar, the tepidness in infrastructure credit in first ha...
04 Jan, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
ReNew Power in talks to sell wind, solar assets to GAILThe green energy supplier has carved out a group of wind and solar assets in north and central India for sale. These have a combined capaci...
21 Nov, 2020, 09.23 AM IST
Indexed renewable energy tariffs can save up to Rs 21,880 cr for discoms over 5 yrs: StudyIndian solar power tariffs hit a record low of Rs 2.36 per unit in June 2020, with zero inflation indexation for 25 years.
21 Oct, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
New scheme in the works to push discoms clear dues of over Rs 83k crAccording to data available on the power ministry’s Praapti Portal, as of September 2019, the outstanding payments of distribution companie...
30 Jan, 2020, 07.21 AM IST
Grants only if states adopt procedures, says R K SinghRK Singh said the power ministry will withstand pressure but not let power flow from August 1 to states that do not submit bank guarantees.
19 Jul, 2019, 07.31 AM IST
IDFC Bank hopes to cash in on capital-starved state-run banksThe newest private sector lender IDFC Bank hopes to fill the space being left by the inability of state-run banks to expand their balance s...
08 Nov, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
Cabinet clears $7-billion reform package to boost discomsPiyush Goyal said after a meeting of the cabinet that the government had cleared the package, which it has been working on for several mont...
06 Nov, 2015, 02.26 AM IST
Delhi power minister wants discom-NTPC pact informationDelhi power minister Satyendar Jain has asked the power department for details of the power purchase agreements with NTPC.
10 Mar, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
The power tariff order that wasn't haunts DelhiAccording to DERC, the liquidation roadmap of the discoms has to be spread out over the next several years or it could be a substantial hik...
18 Jul, 2014, 12.04 PM IST
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd output down 11% on IT implementation, power shortageRINL shifted to SAP's ERP solution during the month with production and marketing modules. This kind of transition takes time to stabilise.
05 Jun, 2014, 04.18 PM IST