The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), under the Ministry of Finance, has granted infrastructure status to the Railway Station Redevelopment Programme. The proposal was submitted by the Ministry of Railways (MoR) with the view to […]
Mahindra Susten Private Limited, a part of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, will set up the country‘s first utility-scale energy storage project in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The solar-powered project will have a capacity of […]
ITI Limited has quoted the lowest bid of Rs 2,503 per unit in the reverse auction conducted by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for 5 million smart meters. The second and third lowest bidders were […]
Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has secured an EPC contract for Units 3 and 4 of 1,000 MW each of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu. RInfra emerged as the lowest bidder with […]
The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has notified a hike of 9.33 per cent in retail supply tariffs for 2017-18. The consolidated revenue gap (deficit) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was approved […]
The Union government is planning to introduce the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in the winter session of Parliament. The proposed bill seeks to introduce competition in the distribution segment by giving an option to […]
BHEL has secured a Rs 204 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order from Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) for the 4,000 MW Yadadri supercritical power project. The order entails the supply of […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has completed and charged the 220 kV Leh-Khalsti line section of the 220 kV Alusteng (Srinagar)-Leh transmission line, along with 220/66 kV gas-insulated switchgear substations in Leh and Khalsti […]
NTPC Limited has shut down the 500 MW Unit 6 of its Unchahar coal-fired plant in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, after a boiler explosion on November 1, 2017, which affected over 100 people. The unit […]
Phase I of the ro-ro ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat was inaugurated on October 22, 2017. The ro-ro service has been designed and developed by Essar Ports Limited and […]
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has awarded the contract for the construction of a new ship repair facility at the Cochin Port Trust to Simplex Infrastructures Limited. The contract value is Rs 6.1 billion. The new […]
As of October 31, 2017, the Indian shipping industry has a fleet of 1,359 vessels of 12.23 million gross tonnage (GT) and 18.59 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 922 are coastal vessels […]
The MoS has revamped the software and updated guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Policy for Indian shipyards. The policy was approved in December 2015 and provides Rs 40 billion of […]
A consignment of 230,000 tonnes of steel cargo was flagged off from Visakhapatnam port to Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Kochi stockyards through the coastal shipping route on November 1, 2017. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has recently […]
A roll-on roll-off (ro-ro)-cum-general cargo vessel, M.V. IDM Doodle, was flagged off from Chennai port to Mongla port in Bangladesh on October 28, 2017. The vessel carried a consignment of 185 trucks.
The Paradip Port Trust has allowed the handling of iron ore pellets using a mechanised coal handling plant (MCHP). The trial loading of an export shipment of 57,000 tonnes of iron ore pellets commenced at […]
V.O. Chidambaranar port has implemented an integrated management system complying with ISO certifications, a quality management system (QMS), an environment management system (EMS) and the occupational health and safety assessment series, which will be renewed […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH) in its latest Public Notice No. 133/2017 has launched the Refund SMS Seva (for centralised refund and special additional duty) for all refund claims filed at the customs house […]
The MoS has sanctioned funds worth Rs 250 million as grant-in-aid to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust as well as Rs 500 million to the Karnataka government for developing various infrastructure facilities at Karwar port. […]
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has taken up projects worth Rs 23.02 billion for financial assistance under the Coastal Berth Scheme (CBS) of the Sagarmala programme. Meanwhile, the MoS, in consultation with NITI Aayog and […]
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