Year: 2017

The MoP has directed states to scale down their aggregate technical and commercial losses to below 10 per cent at […]

MoP proposes new power procurement norms

The MoP is planning to propose new norms for power procurement by electricity distribution companies in order to revive the […]

MoP evaluates status of 34 stressed TPPs

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has evaluated the status of 34 stressed thermal power plants (TPPs) with an aggregate debt […]

White Papers

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Tata Power completes hydro project in Georgia

Tata Power Company Limited has completed the construction of the 187 MW Shuakhevi hydropower project in Georgia through its JV […]

JSPL secures coal linkages for CPPs in auction

Jindal Steel and Power Limited has secured coal linkages for 0.51 mtpa of the fuel for a period of five […]

Adani Power files compensatory tariff petition with CERC

Adani Power Limited has filed a petition with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission claiming a compensatory tariff of about Rs […]

Odisha to increase electricity duty for CPPs

The Odisha government has decided to increase the electricity duty from Re 0.30 per unit to Re 0.55 per unit […]

Punjab and Haryana slash industrial power tariffs

The Punjab government has announced a tariff rate of Rs 5 per unit for existing and new industries in the […]

MoP launches weather portal

The MoP has launched a weather portal for the power sector which will assist distrbution companies in taking proactive steps […]

Ministry of Power launches MERIT portal

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has launched the MERIT (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency) […]

Bengaluru CGD project inaugurated

The first phase of the Bengaluru city gas distribution (CGD) project has been inaugurated. About 65,000 houses in the city […]

Bhandwari solid waste management plant to be revived

The Government of Haryana has announced a project to revive the Bhandwari solid waste management plant in Gurgaon by July […]

Three new sewage treatment plants commissioned in Bangalore

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in Karnataka has commissioned three new sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the […]

Porur drinking water scheme inaugurated in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu government has inaugurated the Porur drinking water scheme in Chennai. It will involve pumping water from the […]

Cities selected under Round III of the Smart Cities Mission announced

The Ministry of Urban Development has announced the list of 30 cities to be developed under Round III of the […]

MoUD releases first instalment for Jawaharnagar SWM Project in Telangana

The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has released the first instalment of Rs 257.2 million to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal […]

STP inaugurated at Bellandur in Karnataka

The Karnataka government has inaugurated the 60 mld Koramangala-Challaghatta Valley STP at Bellandur. The plant has been developed by the […]

Malad STP receives central approval

The central government has approved the construction of the Malad STP in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. […]

Water supply contract for Bilaspur awarded