The CCEA has given its approval for the doubling of the Rajpura-Bathinda railway line at an estimated cost of Rs 12.51 billion. The 172.64 km railway line is expected to be completed in five years […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has approved the proposal for the construction of the 105 km Vijayawada-Amaravati high-speed circular rail corridor project at an estimated cost of Rs 100 billion. The high-speed corridor will be developed […]
The central government has approved the redesignation of the existing Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Implementation Trust Fund (DMIC-PITF) as the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT), and expanding its mandate to include the […]
An expert committee set up by the MoP has suggested the direct transfer of subsidy for electricity consumption. The committee was set up by the MoP for suggesting ways to increase electricity demand and consumption. […]
The Supreme Court has rejected the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity’s (APTEL) order that allowed Reliance Power Limited (RPower) to recover Rs 10.5 billion from discoms procuring power from the 3,960 MW Sasan ultra mega power […]
Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has commissioned the second 600 MW unit of the 1,200 MW Singareni TPP at Adilabad in Telangana. With this, the coal-based plant stands fully commissioned. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has launched the GARV-II application with the aim of tracking rural household electrification. This version incorporates village-wise and habitation-wise baseline data on household electrification for all states. Further, the status […]
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft National Electricity Plan (NEP) documents for generation and transmission. For generation, the plan covers a review of the Twelfth Plan period (2012-17), a detailed plan for […]
NTPC Limited has commissioned the first 800 MW unit of the under-construction 4,000 MW Kudgi super thermal power plant (STPP) at Bijapur in Karnataka. With this, NTPC’s total installed capacity has increased to 48,028 MW. […]
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has launched the Coal Mitra web portal in order to provide flexibility in the utilisation of domestic coal by allowing the transfer of coal reserves to more cost-efficient generating stations. […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has awarded a contract worth Rs 5.17 billion for the construction of a multimodal inland water transport terminal at Haldia, West Bengal to ITD Cementation India Limited. The […]
The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust (VoCPT) has signed a concession agreement for the construction of a captive berth and a land lease agreement for the development of a thermal power plant (TPP) with SEPC Power […]
The MoS has directed all major ports to implement the radio frequency identification (RFID) system at the ports by March 31, 2017. The implementation of the RFID system at major ports will eliminate the manual […]
The MoS inaugurated the Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) on December 26, 2016. The Union cabinet had approved the incorporation of the SDC under the Companies Act, 2013 in July 2016. The SDC will have an […]
The Union cabinet has approved the Ministry of Shipping’s (MoS) proposal to replace the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 by the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016. The new bill has been framed keeping in view […]
Essar Oil plans to double its petrol pumps in the country to 5,600 in the next one and a half years. The company currently has 2,823 operational petrol pumps and will add another 2,800 pumps. […]
ONGC Videsh Limited, the overseas arm of state-owned ONGC, has won rights to bid for oil and gas development projects in Iran. OVL is among the 29 international oil companies that Iran has prequalified to […]
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) will invest about Rs 50 billion to increase the capacity of the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery located in Punjab to 18 mtpa and set up a petrochemical complex. HMEL is a […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to award around 31 oil and gas blocks out of 46 contract areas put on offer, to the selected bidders in the discovered small and marginal […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) commissioned the first phase of the paraxylene (PX) plant under the Jamnagar Petrochemical Refinery Expansion Project in Gujarat. The plant, with a capacity of 2.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), is […]
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