Goyal vows to make discom stress a 'thing of past'

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 13:35

The Centre is working in collaboration with states to find out a permanent solution to make stress of discoms a "thing of the past", Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said here Tuesday.

'Coal block allocation 4th round; formalities in last stage'

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 23:15

The first three rounds of coal block auctions had fetched state governments Rs 3 lakh crore spread over 30 years.

Education plays a big role in quality governance: Piyush Goyal

Last Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2015, 19:23

"Education must aim at providing future leadership and pursuit of excellence. It must produce good citizens able to serve the country at all times and in all circumstances," a Power Ministry release quoted Goyal as saying.

CIL will invest Rs 13,900 cr to raise output to 908 MT by 2020

Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015, 16:24

State-owned Coal India (CIL) will invest Rs 13,900 crore to take its production to 908 million tonnes (MT) by 2019-20, the government said on Thursday.

CIL ramps up coal evacuation, to procure wagons worth Rs 555cr

Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015, 15:38

The minister further said that the fleet of wagons are for operation of railways and dedicated only for transport of coal from the specified coal subsidiaries and on specific routes.

IPDS to strengthen power transmission, distribution network

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 19:58

Highlighting the government's Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) and LED-Based Smart Street Light programme, Goyal said for promoting energy efficiency in Varanasi nearly 36,000 street lights would be replaced with efficient and smart LED lights that would save around Rs 31 crore annually to municipal corporation here.

Power Minister will soon announce new date for IPDS launch

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 19:41

The Prime Minister's visit to Varanasi today was cancelled due to heavy rains. Projects worth Rs 3,268 crore, covering 247 towns have so far been sanctioned under IPDS of which projects worth Rs 1,067 crore for 23 circles covering 91 towns have been sanctioned for UP.

Power capacity addition at record 22,566 MW in 1 year: Piyush Goyal

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 13:42

Highlighting the achievements of Narendra Modi government in power and coal sector, he told at a press conference that 22,566 mega-watt (MW) of generation capacity was added in last one year.

NTPC plans to raise $1 bn through foreign currency bonds

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 14:24

Country's largest power producer NTPC will raise USD 1 billion through foreign currency bonds this year to expand its power generation capacity, particularly in renewable energy segment.

Surplus mine land would be returned to states: Goyal

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 15:31

The surplus land that is no longer required by coal companies will either be returned to state governments or would be used for building solar power plants, Parliament was informed on Monday.

NTPC flags off mobile science labs for rural India

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 12:33

NTPC is introducing Mobile Science Lab (MSL), a vehicle fitted with LCD TV carrying working science models emphasising curiosity-based learning for children in rural India.