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There would be no privatisation of the state-owned Coal India, said interim CMD Gopal Singh.

Power Ministry kicks off plan to push coal supplies to power plants

There were fears of power outages in the festive season because of critical coal shortage at power plants.

18 Oct 2017 2:13 PM GMT

Tata Power on Wednesday said its generation during April-June quarter was recorded at 12.4 billion units.

Four crore rural houses yet to get power supply

This seems to be sending a misleading signal and therefore sources privy to developments said that a relook may soon be...

25 Sep 2017 1:20 AM GMT

Power Minister RK Singh on Tuesday said he would complete the good work started by his predecessor Piyush Goyal. Photo: PTI

Will continue Goyal's good work, says power minister RK Singh

RK Singh also assured that he will realise Modi's vision of electricity in all houses across India.

5 Sep 2017 8:39 AM GMT

The government will be able to provide electricity connections to all households by December as per the target under the Saubhagya scheme, Power Minister R K Singh said Tuesday.

States to get Rs 100 cr award for being efficient under Saubhagya...

Saubhagaya scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year in September.

15 Oct 2018 1:51 PM GMT

The power ministry has categorised charging batteries of electric vehicles as a service, a move which will help such stations operate without licence and encourage the use of e-vehicles.

E-vehicles charging stations need no licence, says govt

The power ministry has categorised charging batteries of electric vehicles as a service.

16 April 2018 10:58 AM GMT

Describing the situation as grim, the apex court also asked the Centre and Delhi government to inform them what they intend to do reduce the pollution. (Photo: File)

Finance Commission likely to reject USD 12 bn package to cut...

More than half of India's coal-fired power plant units ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are already...

20 Nov 2019 5:07 AM GMT

Subhash Chandra Garg

My unconventional style got me punishment postings: Former finance...

Garg had applied for voluntary retirement in July after he was shifted from the Department of Economic Affairs to the...

1 Nov 2019 11:14 AM GMT

The Mahavitaran company has offered to waive the fine and interest on the electricity charges under the scheme. (Representational image)

Power Ministry to bring norms to promote green transmission cables

Likely to bring options for electricity transmission cables like aluminium to protect environment from ill-effects of...

17 March 2019 11:15 AM GMT

Subhash Chandra Garg

Finance Secretary Garg seeks retirement after being shifted to Power...

Subhash Chandra Garg, the senior-most bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, was in charge of the Department of Economic...

25 July 2019 8:54 AM GMT

Government asks gencos, telcos to cap late payment surcharge at 12 pc. (PTI Photo)

Power ministry advises telcos to cap late payment surcharge at 12%

In general, the applicable rate of late payment surcharges is quite high despite the fact that interest rates softened...

23 Aug 2020 3:37 AM GMT

Govt mulls installing EV charging kiosks at around 69,000 petrol pumps in country. (Photo- Twitter/@AutoCarrpo)

Centre mulls installing electric vehicle charging kiosks at 69,000...

Under the new guidelines of the oil ministry, new petrol pumps must have an option of one alternative fuel

6 Sep 2020 8:43 AM GMT

The discoms in Delhi had drawn less power than made available to them, as per the data. (Representational image: PTI)

No outage due to power shortage in Delhi: Power Ministry

A factsheet on power supply in Delhi showed that there was no energy deficit in the city from September 26 to October 11

13 Oct 2021 5:02 AM GMT