According to the order of the Supreme Court, the Karnataka government has cancelled 51 iron ore mining leases in Category C. Holders of these mines were charged of carrying out rampant mining illegally outside the lease area
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Goa govt sets up panel
Goa government set up a steering committee to monitor the progress in the development of the Raigarh coal block allocated to the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).
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Notices to 12 firms
Twelve companies received show cause notice from the union coal ministry for not developing the allocated coal blocks within the stipulated timeframe.
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Revised specification for road works
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways released the fifth revision of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways specification for Road and Bridge Works.
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CLP India to add 1,000 MW capacity
CLP India plans to invest Rs 6,500-7,000 crore in order to add about 1,000 MW of power capacity, Mahesh Makhija, Director (business development, renewables, CLP India said. The company,
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India, US body for space solar power
APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, and Mark Hopkins, Executive Committee Chairman of the National Space Society announced to have a clear plan of action to market the idea of a livable planet
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Siemens gets NTPC contract
Siemens has received an order from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the renovation and modernisation of its Korba Stage-II (3X500 MW) plant in Chhattisgarh. Siemens engineers will replace the existing system with the fourth-generation distributed control system
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FSAs to power projects
The Union Coal Ministry gave a commitment for fuel supply agreements (FSAs) to 11 power projects with an investment of Rs 52,349 crore. With this, the government has broken the four year jinx in signing FSAs in the country.
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BHEL thermal power units in Buryatia
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) is looking to build two thermal power plant units in the Russian internal republic of Buryatia. Executives from BHEL recently met representatives of the Buryatia government to negotiate over the
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WB power plants possess record coal stock
In West Bengal, power plants this year have comfortable stocks of coal when compared to the same time last year. The power plants in the same time last year were struggling for coal with stock down to critical limit of four days