The initiatives that will have a direct bearing on the pace of execution include awarding projects after securing 80 per cent right of way, expediting projects stuck midway, delegating the power to grant forest clearances to regional offices, filing online for clearances to construct road over bridges (ROBs) and road under bridges (RUBs) and increasing the limit on sand mining.
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HSR Needs Fast Tracking
RECPDCL Handovers Ratle Kiru Power Transmission Limited, a SPV of Transmission Project, to IndiGrid 2 Private Limited
RECPDCL Handovers 3 Nos. SPVs of transmission projects viz. Banaskantha Transco Limited, Kurnool-IV Transmission Limited & Rajasthan V Power Transmission Limited to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Showcasing India’s Supply Chain Revolution
Highlighting the Future of Smart, Sustainable Infra
Driving Sustainability Through Innovation
REC Signs ₹18,360 Cr MoU with Govt. of Kerala for Pump Storage Projects
IIFCL Launches its Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Cell on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2025.
IIFCL and CBI Sign Expression of Interest to promote Sustainable Infrastructure Financing in India
CCI India presents 1st edition of CEO Round Table Conference on Agriculture
Jayesh Ranjan & Cement Expo Forum Leaders converge in Hyderabad
Fluence Launches Advanced Smartstack Platform for New Energy Storage Era
NBCC inks MoU with NIT Kurukshetra valuing Rs. 300 Crore
REC Foundation Commits ₹6 Crore to Sankara Eye Hospital for Cataract Surgeries Benefiting 8,000 EWS Patients
Integrated Exhibition Cum Convention Centre (IECC), better known as Bharat Mandapam, achieves prestigious GRIHA 4-Star Rating
REC Limited Signs Agreement with CVPPL, to provide ₹2147.508 Crore Term Loan to Develop 1000MW Pakal Dul Hydro Electric Project
NBCC Reports Robust 40% Surge in Net Profit
The time to invest in India’s energy sector is now, says PM Modi
India’s Oil Minister Urges Energy Justice to Ensure Equitable Global Energy Transition
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Modified Coal Linkage Policy could be a game-changer | Angel Broking
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on May 17th 2017 approved the Modified Coal Linkage Policy for the power sector. Under this policy, all power plants will be assured of adequate supply of coal at competitive prices
Contract awarded for 31 Tamil Nadu oil fields
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the award of 31 contract areas as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016.
Indian consortium to buy stake in Russian oilfield for $3.14 bn
Indian Oil Corp, Oil India and a unit of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) will buy a 29.9 per cent stake in the Taas-Yuryakh oilfield in East Siberia for $1.12 billion and another 23.9 per cent in Vankor oilfield for $2.02 billion.
Cabinet nod for rail infra projects
Railway projects worth Rs.10,736 crore were cleared by the government for improving infrastructure in various states, including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat that go to polls next year.
Policy on auction of coal linkages in 2-3 months
Policy on auctioning of coal linkages to the power sector is likely to be finalised in 2-3 months, the government said. Proposed policy on auction of coal linkages to power sector will take two to three months,' Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters.
Cabinet allows states to mine & sell coal, ends monopoly
Ending the 41-year-old monopoly of the central government over mining and sale of coal, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA)
Infrastructure project budgets may exclude land cost
The government could soon give the go-ahead to excluding the cost of land while computing the total cost of infrastructure projects, a measure that will allow more ministries to clear their own projects without going through the time-consuming process of seeking the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
Sunshine in the Solar Sector
Paradoxically though, in a country with the fourth largest coal reserves, per capita electricity consumption is abysmally low and a significant number of Indians either have little or no access to electricity, while others face challenges in accessing uninterrupted and reliable electricity supply.
Move to revive gas-based power will benefit banks
Terming the Indian Government´s decision to revive and improve utilisation of the country´s stranded gas-based power generation plants to import feed stock