Amol Kotwal, Director, Energy & Power Systems Practice, Frost & Sullivan, speaks on what can be done to turn around the distribution scenario in the country to boost the prospects of the power sector.
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Rs.20,000-cr boost for SMEs
The Central Government announced a Rs 20,000-crore scheme for enhancing competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in the capital goods sector.
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PPP: The prescription for infrastructure
Most infrastructure projects are generally characterised by time and cost overruns. Political factors impact time overruns more than cost overruns. The new government at the Centre has identified its top priorities and as expected infrastructure is high on the agenda.
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The Weakest Link
Electricity distribution to the end consumer has been identified as the weakest link in the power value chain. For this sector to turn around, nothing less than a complete makeover is required of various aspects of the distribution matrix.
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PPP: The prescription for infrastructure
Most infrastructure projects are generally characterised by time and cost overruns. Political factors impact time overruns more than cost overruns. The new government at the Centre has identified its top priorities and as expected infrastructure is high on the agenda.
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AP to enhance power output, expedite projects
The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government is banking on Central government support and funding from Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (RFC)
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Undersea cable link to Andamans
The Central government has proposed an undersea cable link to Andaman and Nicobar's nine main islands at an estimated cost of Rs 800 crore to improve telecommunications connectivity.
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Conventional producers to invest in RE
The Central government may soon require conventional power project developers to install renewable energy projects within the premises of the fossil fuels based power plants. If the power ministry goes ahead with such a plan, the power project developers may have to set up renewable energy capacity equivalent to around 10 per cent of the conventional power capacity within the premises of the power plant.
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Centre approves Goa road projects
The Central government, at the request of the PWD Minister of Goa and Goa MPs, decided to approve road projects in Goa.
The projects include Canacona national highway bypass which included Galjibag and Talpon bridges, western bypass in Salcete, Dhavli bypass, Ribandar bypass and missing link on NH 17B at Loutolim, etc.
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Chennai Port now eyes cruise ships
At Chennai Port, modernisation of the cruise terminal would begin in 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs 22.14 crore. The port has got Rs 8.5 crore from the Union government for development of a cruise tourism facilitation centre. The Ministry of Tourism has identified Chennai port as one of the ports for development of cruise tourism in India.