Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 15:35
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is likely to take up the Power Ministry's proposal of tweaking the financial restructuring package for distribution companies today.
Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 14:51
Power Ministry has sent the note on financial restructuring of state discoms to the cabinet for final approval, a top ministry official today said.
Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 15:03
The Finance Ministry has sought from the Power Ministry details of fuel allocation to gas- based plants before giving its nod to pool prices of imported and domestically produced natural gas.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 20:21
More than 300 experts are being hired by the Union Power Ministry for restoration of electric supply in cyclone-hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 16:11
The government on Tuesday eased eligibility norms for companies that plan to bid for the proposed UMPPs in Odisha and Tamil Nadu by relaxing the capital cost and expenditure requirements.
Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 12:46
Power Ministry has circulated a Cabinet note on providing autonomy to POSOCO as an independent company operating and maintaining the transmission grids across the country.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 13:21
State-owned NHPC, which has embarked on ambitious expansion plans, has approached the government seeking 'Navratna' status that would provide the power producer more leeway in investment decisions.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 12:44
The Power Ministry has asked the Coal Ministry to consider converting short-term coal supply pacts into long-term linkages for power plants that could not start output at captive mines in the absence of approvals.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 12:57
Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said he will soon seek the Cabinet nod for capping the price of gas for the power sector at USD 5 per mmBtu.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 12:27
The Power Ministry will soon approach the Cabinet for allowing hiving off Power System Operation Corporation Ltd from state-run Power Grid into a separate entity.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 11:12
The ministry floated a Cabinet note last week to seek approval to pool imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the fuel available from the KG-D6 block after meeting the requirements of fertiliser units. The move is aimed at helping gas-starved power plants.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 13:49
In the back drop of the Coal Ministry's proposed surplus coal policy, Power Ministry has said that any excess fuel mined by the private firms from the captive blocks should be returned to state-run Coal India.
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