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Thermal power projects promoted by Adani, Essar, Jaypee and Lanco figure in the list of 34 stressed electricity projects with total capacity of over 40 GW mentioned in a Parliamentary panel report.
According to report on Stressed/Non-performing Assets in Electricity, tabled in Parliament by Standing Committee on Energy, the total outstanding debt in these stressed project is of the tune of Rs 1.74 lakh crore as of June, 2017 based on the RBI data.
Power and new and renewable energy minister R.K. Singh on March 7 said that the state-run Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL) will float another tender for 10,000 electric cars on March 8.
Besides, the minister announced on bringing out the policy for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the ...
Charging electric vehicles will be a service, not a sale of electricity, as India looks to pave the way for companies to set up the infrastructure for battery-powered transport.
“Sale of electricity is a licensed activity. We have taken an in-principle decision that this will be considered a service,...
The National Co-ordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers gave a notice to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on March 2 in which it stated that if the Central government decided unilaterally to rush the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 in the Budget session then all 25 lakh ...
Indirect tax department has clarified that rent on electricity meter draws goods and service tax (GST), a development which is likely to draw criticism from the industry. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) said even though electricity is exempted from GST, rent on electricity meter is no...
Even as power sector employees across India have been protesting against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 — which seeks to extend privatisation to power distribution — the Uttar Pradesh government has already initiated the process to privatise the distribution of electricity, drawing a sharp re...
Even as India makes rapid strides in transitioning to renewable energy, the southern state of Tamil Nadu has outshone other provinces by being placed among the top 10 markets in the world in terms of renewable energy usage.
According to a new study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial ...
The world's largest solar park set up at an investment of Rs 16,500 crore at Pavagada in Karnataka's Tumakuru district was launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on March 1. The 2,000 MW park, named as 'Shakti Sthala', spans across 13,000 acres spread over five villages and is a benchmark in the un...
Haryana Cabinet has approved the proposal of the power department to waive off the surcharge amount of Rs 45543.40 lakh on outstanding electricity bills against government departments, urban local bodies and panchayats to help facilitate settling of these outstanding bills.
National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers has planned a massive Parliament march at Delhi on April 3 against Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014.
National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) in its north eastern regional convention ...
Bringing the long-drawn discussions between Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and several of its workers’ unions to an end, the TNEB wage agreement was signed on Thursday.
Talks have been on for the last six months and the move comes in the wake of several electricity board workers affiliated to th...
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