The MoP has launched a weather portal for the power sector which will assist distrbution companies in taking proactive steps regarding short- and medium-term power management processes. Further, it will also facilitate better planning for […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has launched the MERIT (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency) portal which has been developed by the MoP in association with Power System Operation Corporation […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India signed a contract with ITD Cementation India Limited for constructing a multimodal terminal at Haldia, on June 30, 2017. The contract value is Rs 5.17 billion. The terminal is […]
The MoEFCC has granted environmental clearance to the ship repair facility project in Willingdon Island (Cochin Shipyard Limited). The project involves the setting up of an international ship repair facility at an investment of Rs […]
As of June 30, 2017, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,338 vessels of 12.04 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.13 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 919 were coastal vessels […]
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is reassessing its plan to build a refinery in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The land required for the project is already available with BPCL and it has begun erecting boundaries around […]
The first phase of the Bengaluru city gas distribution (CGD) project has been inaugurated. About 65,000 houses in the city are likely to get piped natural gas (PNG) by March 2018. The project is being […]
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) along with the Ministry of Tourism has announced reforms to the regulatory process governing the cruise tourism industry. The key recommendations include a single-window system for all pre-cruise requirements for […]
During the first three months (April-June) of the current fiscal year (2017-18), Indian major ports handled 167.29 mt of traffic, as compared to 159.26 mt in the corresponding period of 2015-16, registering an increase of […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH) will accord priority to direct port delivery (DPD) status holders with regard to the assessment of the bill of entry. JNCH has decided that any request received from the […]
The Kandla Port Trust has awarded the dredging contract for the approach channel for the next three years to Van Oord India Private Limited. Dredging activities at the port are expected to commence by end-July […]
Krishnapatnam port has implemented e-Xpressway for its container operations. A cloud-based electronic platform, e-Xpressway, provides online access to vessel operators, container operators, terminal operators, freight forwarders and all the other stakeholders for generating and processing […]
Kamarajar port has commenced construction work on the three coal berths. Kamarajar Port Limited (KPL) is expected to invest Rs 10 billion for the construction of two new coal berths and the conversion of the […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has pulled out of the last oil block it held in Peru, trimming its overseas assets to just two properties in Myanmar. In 2007, the group established Reliance Exploration and Production […]
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the overseas arm of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has got a two-year extension to explore a Vietnamese oil block in the contested waters of the South China Sea. This […]
The foundation stone for the Barmer refinery-cum-petrochemical project in Rajasthan is likely to be laid by September 2017. The state government is likely to sign the land lease deed agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited […]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has amended the bidding parameters of the contract for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports in a bid to attract more bidders. Accordingly, contracts will […]
The MoCA has granted in-principle approval for the development of the Jewar greenfield airport in Uttar Pradesh. The airport will be located 72 km from the existing Delhi airport and will be developed in phases […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted environmental clearances for the Mumbai airport T2 terminal upgradation project, and for the Dagadarthi and Orvakal greenfield airport projects. The Mumbai project involves the […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has approved the master plan for the Kolkata airport expansion project. The expansion plan is proposed to be undertaken in phases. Under Phase I, a third terminal will be […]
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