Heatwave, coal shortage fuel blackouts across statesAfter the hottest March on record, a large part of the country continue to experience extreme heat in April, sending power demand to an all...
28 Apr, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Power crisis will crush small industries: Congress on coal shortageShah on Tuesday had chaired a meeting with Power Minister R.K. Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav to ...
20 Apr, 2022, 11.27 AM IST
Indian states suffer power cuts as coal-fired plants shut to lower pollution in DelhiNew Delhi was the world's most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, with air quality in the region hitting hazardous level...
01 Dec, 2021, 09.27 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh govt announces electricity subsidy of over Rs 20,700 crSpeaking to ANI, Chouhan said, "Today in Cabinet meeting, we have decided to give a subsidy of over 20,700 crores on electricity to provide...
19 Oct, 2021, 03.05 PM IST
India's October power shortage worst since March 2016Increased economic activity after the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has driven up demand for coal leading to a supply shortage, f...
14 Oct, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
India's October power supply deficit worst since March 2016Northern states such as Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and the eastern states of Jharkhand and Bihar, were the worst affecte...
13 Oct, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Gujarat agrees to buy Tata Mundra power at Rs 4.5 for a monthThe move is expected to reduce spot electricity prices to some extent as Gujarat is one of the top buyers on power exchanges off-taking abo...
13 Oct, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
Punjab to source power from Tata's imported Coal-fed Mundra plantThe state government's move could reduce pressure on domestic coal and help bring down prices on power exchanges, as urgent buying by stret...
12 Oct, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
Punjab power crisis 'man-made', part of 'utter neglect' of Congress government, says BadalThe former deputy chief minister said power was one of the key priority areas during the previous Akali government. Apart from revolutionis...
10 Oct, 2021, 10.03 PM IST
Penalise power plants for not keeping coal stock for 30 days, says Navjot Singh Sidhu"Punjab must prevent & prepare, rather than repent & repair...Private Thermal Plants floating guidelines, punishing Domestic Consumers by n...
10 Oct, 2021, 07.06 PM IST
Coal shortage: Punjab's power plants running at reduced capacity, power cuts imposedWith the power situation turning grim, power plants in the state are left with coal stock of up to five days, a PSPCL official said.
09 Oct, 2021, 07.50 PM IST
CIL refutes Nabha Power allegation of coal shortageDuring the current fiscal, at the request of the Nabha Power, the CIL had allocated 3.64 lakh tonnes of coal to be lifted from the CCL and ...
09 Jun, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
Coal India asks thermal plants in Punjab to pick up adequate coal to avert crisisThe state has a total installed capacity of 6540 mw despite which it is faced with the possibility of a power generation shortfall during c...
08 Jun, 2018, 09.32 PM IST
L&T Group's Nabha Power shuts 700 MW unit due to coal shortageNPL has been facing coal crisis since last year forcing it to operate the plant at critical levels of coal stocks, that is, less than 7 day...
07 Jun, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
- India faced over 12,000 MW power shortage in Dec 2012: CEA
Fuel shortage and delayed monsoon in southern India led to peak power shortage of 12,295 MW in the country during December last year: Repor...
27 Jan, 2013, 02.38 PM IST
Power plants continue to grapple with fuel shortages: CEAPower generation at eight power stations in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, in the eastern region, took a hit due to less receipt of...
06 Jan, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
- Punjab seeks coal linkages from Centre for upcoming power plants
A delegation from the state took up the issue of coal linkage of 1980 MW at Talwandi Sabo and 1320 MW thermal plant at Rajpura.
02 Aug, 2012, 08.00 PM IST