Power producers have made a fresh appeal to the Centre to release a coal linkage policy soon. They have argued the coal linkage policy announced by the previous UPA government had covered 78,000 MW to be commercially operational by March 31, 2015.
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DGCA likely to issue guidelines on block hours
Aviation regulator DGCA is likely to come out with fresh guidelines on block hours, a yardstick for on-time performance, to remove disparity among airlines. Block hours refer to the moment a commercial aircraft leaves the departure gate until it lands and reaches the arrival gate, or till its engines are working.
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Use green finance for cleaner coal
The Economic Survey 2015-16 has warned against a system of green financing in India that focuses solely on renewable energy and instead also wants investments in greening of coal power.
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Aviation policy to focus on regional connectivity: Pres
The government is working on a new civil aviation policy which seeks to provide connectivity to the smaller cities even as domestic air traffic has been on a growth path the last year, President Pranab Mukherjee said
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Ex-civil aviation Min defends 5/20
Former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, under whose watch the Civil Aviation Ministry had framed the 5/20 rule, has strongly defended the regulation that insists that Indian airline companies must operate within the country for five years and have a fleet of at least 20 aircraft before they fly on the more lucrative international routes.
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Chandigarh: Electricity dept proposes power hike
The Chandigarh electricity department has submitted an Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) and tariff petition to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC).
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Vizag Port to run on solar power from next month
Vizag port in APis set to run its entire operations on solar power from March, its chairman MT Krishna Babu said. Visakhapatnam Port Trust has commissioned 2 MW solar capacity and will add another 8 MW by March 20, he said.
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Budget 2016: Govt ups spend on power PSUs to Rs.68,256 cr
India will invest Rs.68,256.70 crore on eight public sector power companies in 2016-17 as against Rs.58,642.89 crore a year ago, according to the Union Budget 2016 document.
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Budget 2016: Nuclear gets Rs.3,000 cr yearly allocation
Finance Minister Arun JaitleyĆĀ“s announcement of a Rs.3,000 crore yearly allocation for the next two decades for nuclear power generation is certainly a welcome move, said a top atomic energy official. ĆĀ“
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Budget 2016: Going under the hammer
The government will start auctioning three ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) before March this year, attracting an investment of Rs.90,000 crore, budget documents said.