- Citigroup rates Power Grid as 'top India electric utility pick'; recommends 'buy'
Citigroup Global Markets has rated state-run Power Grid Corporation as its "top India electric utility pick" and recommended "buy" shares o...
30 Aug, 2012, 08.44 PM IST
- Power capacity addition likely to be at 90k MW for next five years
Planning Commission and Power Ministry are believed to have reached a consensus over fixing the capacity addition target at 90,000 MW for t...
25 May, 2012, 03.38 PM IST
- Power Ministry may not accept CIL's minimum penalty clause in FSA
Power Ministry may not accept CIL's minimum penalty clause in the fuel supply agreement and may seek PMO's intervention on the issue.
26 Apr, 2012, 04.15 PM IST
5300 MW more nuclear power in 12th PlanThis planned capacity addition includes power from two 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation with Russi...
06 Apr, 2012, 05.26 PM IST
Planning Commission junks its 12th Five-Year Plan, Montek Singh Ahluwalia unhappy with draftThe Plan strategy, Commission feels, is neither credible nor compelling enough as a masterplan for India's medium-term future.
27 Dec, 2011, 04.17 PM IST
- Finance Ministry objects to Planning Commission's move to induct people from private sector
The finance ministry has opposed a Planning Commission move to induct three senior corporate executives as consultants to the government's ...
06 Apr, 2011, 01.42 AM IST
- XIth Plan power addition target may be revised downward again
State-owned NHPC is constructing the Uri (Jammu and Kashmir) and Teesta (West Bengal) projects, which are running behind schedule.
24 Jan, 2011, 11.38 AM IST
- 4000 MW Orissa project could get eco clearance soon
"In the next 2-3 days we would be able to finalise the modalities (of the Orissa UMPP)...we are trying to sort it out soon," Power Secretar...
29 Dec, 2010, 06.53 PM IST
- NTPC to invest Rs 20K cr to set up thermal power project in MP
NTPC has executed an MoU with Madhya Pradesh and MP Power Trading Company for setting up a 3,960 MW thermal power project at Barethi in the...
25 Oct, 2010, 12.45 PM IST
- Govt gears up to allot power projects worth Rs 1.4 lakh cr
Power Finance Corporation, the state-owned company, has identified seven locations across the country where these projects would come up.
10 Oct, 2010, 11.27 AM IST
- Plan panel convenes meet on PPP in state highways on Monday
The Planning Commission will host a one-day conference here on Monday to attract public-private partnerships (PPP) for developing state hig...
04 Jul, 2010, 11.26 AM IST
- Gujarat offers 4 sites for setting up UMPPs
Gujarat has offered four sites to the Power Ministry to construct two ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW each in the western state.
29 Jun, 2010, 12.16 PM IST
- PFC Consulting forms SPVs for 2 more UMPPs
PFC Consulting, a subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation is believed to have formed two special purpose vehicles for executing two more ul...
22 Feb, 2010, 12.06 PM IST
- Free education is a kid’s right, but not funds
Nearly six months after Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convene...
23 Jan, 2010, 02.28 AM IST
- Govt to invite bids for two mega power projs by Jan
The government today said it would invite bids for two ultra mega power projects in Orissa and Tamil Nadu by next month.
14 Dec, 2009, 10.52 PM IST
- PM to meet Pranab, Montek and Sibal to sort out RTE finance
With a tag of Rs 1,71,000 crore, financing Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act is proving to be a challenge. The prime m...
11 Nov, 2009, 05.10 AM IST
- NTPC approaches Coal Ministry for long-term coal linkages
State-run power producer NTPC has approached the Coal Ministry for long term coal linkages for its proposed thermal power plant at Kudgi in...
25 Oct, 2009, 04.16 PM IST