The Indian mobile telephony industry currently has a cumulative debt of over Rs 300,000 crore with many operators even making negative returns on their investments.
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Pan-city initiative, thanks to Smart Cities Mission
While a number of pan-city initiatives such as improving urban transport and electricity, water supply and drainage as well as tourism infrastructure, waste management and traffic de-congestion are being considered for implementation under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation has also picked specific areas for development.
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Rail solar panels can save 11 cr litres of fuel
Fitting a solar panel module on the roof of a railway coach can yield more than 7,200 units of electricity annually. If implemented on all 63,511 coaches in the Railways, 450 million units of power can be harnessed resulting in savings of 10.8 crore litres of diesel and reduction of carbon dioxide emission by about 3 lakh tonne.
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Work to begin on Metrino in 6 months: Nitin Gadkari
The government's ambitious Rs 4,000 crore 'Metrino' public transport project, which will enable people to travel in driver-less pods suspended to a ropeway in the national capital region, will hit the ground soon. A presentation has already been made before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the entire Union Cabinet and the work will start within six months, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
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PM reviews progress of infrastructure
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the progress of digital infrastructure, rural infrastructure, and connectivity sectors.
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Kejriwal urges PM to allow cancellation of agreements with power cos
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and allow cancellation of agreements with power companies, saying they are selling electricity at higher rates.
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OFIL to help Uttarakhand in solar
The Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning (OFIL), Dehradun, has decided to provide the agencies of the Uttarakhand government with training to tap solar power.
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Govt may cut power price to boost rural supply: Goyal
The Centre plans to supply affordable electricity to rural households by creating huge demand for setting up solar and thermal power capacities, and cutting aggregate transmission and commercial (AT&C) losses.
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Sop on kerosene to end in three years
After decontrol of petrol and diesel, the government has chalked out a plan to usher in market-determined pricing for kerosene over the next two to three years. The stage is being readied for deregulating the poor man´s fuel as the government targets 24-hour electricity supply to all rural households under the Rs 44,000 crore Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana by the end of 2017.
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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.