The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has decided to run 20 Hamsafar trains for major destinations. Of these, four will run from Pune. One of these, the Pune-Amravati train, originates in the city and the others […]
IR has launched Mission Raftaar on the busiest Ghaziabad-Allahabad-Mughalsarai route, and has taken it up on a priority basis for increasing the average speed. Loco-hauled commuter trains were replaced with mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) […]
Indian Railways (IR) has ended its 92-year-old practice and has merged the railway budget with the general budget. However, the distinct entity and financial autonomy of IR will be retained. The step has been taken […]
Adani Green Energy (Tamil Nadu) Limited has commissioned a 648 MW solar power plant at Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu. Entailing an investment of around Rs 45.5 billion, it is the world’s largest solar plant at […]
NHPC Limited has commissioned the fourth 40 MW unit of the 160 MW Teesta Low Dam hydroelectric project (HEP), Stage IV, at Darjeeling in West Bengal. With this, the HEP stands fully commissioned. Bharat Heavy […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has allowed NTPC Limited to transport imported coal to its 2,100 MW Farakka super thermal power plant in West Bengal through national waterways up to January […]
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has issued show cause notices to 10 power companies for the overvaluation of coal imports from Indonesia. These include five companies of the Adani Group (for an overvaluation of […]
The Ministry of Power plans to offer new electricity connections free of cost to all households. The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is formulating a scheme for providing long-term loans to states that agree to offer […]
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has invited applications from state generation companies for the allotment of seven coal blocks with indicated coal reserves aggregating 4,854.12 mt. The coal blocks are Deocha-Pacham (2,102 mt) in West […]
The central government has waived interstate transmission charges and losses for solar and wind projects. The waiver will be applicable for a period of 25 years from the COD of projects awarded through the competitive […]
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) has granted approval to extend the concession in port dues and pilotage charges to container vessels berthed at the Visakha Container Terminal. A concession of 35 per cent will be […]
Vedanta Limited has signed a concession agreement for the redevelopment of barge berths and berth nos. 8 and 9 at Mormugao port at an estimated cost of Rs 11.45 billion. The company received the letter […]
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has extended the date for the electronic submission of verified gross mass (VGM) from September 30, 2016 to November 30, 2016. In November 2014, the International Maritime Organization approved […]
The MoS has ordered all major ports to provide a discount of 80 per cent for two years on vessel-related charges and coastal-related charges for coastal transportation of vehicles through roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ships. The […]
The central government has given in-principle approval to a Rs 5.15 billion grant for the development of Sagar port in West Bengal. The grant has been given to make the project financially viable. A special […]
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has proposed a new model concession agreement (MCA) for the port sector to replace the present MCA, which came into existence in January 2008. The proposed MCA has taken into […]
The ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached a preliminary decision to cut production for the first time since the global financial crisis eight years ago. The cut will be 32.5-33 […]
Cairn India Limited (CIL) has received the coastal regulatory zone clearance to drill 10 wells in the PR-OSN-2004/1 block in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh at an investment outlay of $150 million. The block had […]
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), a subsidiary of IOCL, is planning to set up a refinery at Narimanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu to meet the higher demand for petroleum products in the state. […]
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) plans to almost double its refining capacity, from the current 80.7 million tonnes (mt) to 150 mt by 2030, to meet the fast expanding energy needs of the country. As […]
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