The electricity generation from nuclear power in the last two years, i.e., 2014-15 and 2015-16, was 37,835 million units (MU) and 37,456 MU respectively. The generation in 2014-15 was 35,592 MU of commercial generation and 2,243 MU of infirm (non commercial) generation, while the entire generation in 2015-16 was commercial.

The government has garnered about Rs 2,638 crore from buyback of shares of state-run Coal India Ltd, Parliament has been informed. CIL has bought back “7,88,42,816 shares from Government of India out of the total offer of 10,89,55,223 equity shares @ Rs 335 per equity shares.

The domestic commercial vehicle industry growth has moderated from 11.5 per cent growth in FY2016 to 3.5 per cent in the 11 months of FY2017, according to the latest report of rating agency ICRA. The sector is expected to close the fiscal with a growth of 5 to 6 per cent.

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has announced that it will be working through Enspire ME, a fifty-fifty joint venture established between MC and Eneco, an integrated energy company from the Netherlands, to provide services based on a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).

Air India is projected to post an operating profit of Rs 300 crore in the current fiscal and there is no plan to privatise the airline, the government has confirmed.

Mumbai-based Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband has been declared the winner of Mozilla’s ‘Equal Rating Innovation Challenge’ by an overwhelming margin. The competition called for initiatives to make affordable Internet available to all.

Toshiba Corporation has announced that it will contribute to better understanding of weather conditions in Taiwan by providing the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau with an S-band weather radar system with an antenna in the world’s largest class, for installation in Chigu district, Tainan city.

The government has said it still has to work out the modalities of any policy to allow 100 per cent FDI in domestic airlines. “We have not initiated any talks with anyone. What the government said is it will invite 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in aviation.

The government has generated revenue of Rs 17,47.70 crore from the auction of 31 coal blocks. “The revenue generated till January, 2017 from the auction of 31 coal mines is Rs 17,47,72,47,706,” Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.