Communications Minister has assured that the Sanchar Saathi app involves no snooping or call monitoring, and its activation is entirely at the user’s discretion. Allaying concerns that the Sanchar Saathi app could be used to surveil citizens and compromise privacy, Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia described the 19‑month‑old platform as voluntary, transparent, and designed solely...
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IMC 2025: Scindia Highlights India’s Digital Leap in Manufacturing, Startups
The communications minister said that from semiconductor fabs to women-led startups, India’s innovation ecosystem is scaling from Tier 1 metros to Tier 3 towns. Reiterating a perspective shared on the opening day of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister for Communications, said India’s evolution from a services-led economy to a global...
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IMC 2025: Satcom Summit Calls for Space Networks to Bridge Digital Divide
As India’s satellite communication sector enters a transformative phase, its future success will hinge on delivering universal digital access, said top lawmakers, industry leaders and technologists at the inaugural SATCOM Summit on Wednesday. With policy reforms, public-private partnerships and next-generation technologies propelling India’s satellite communication sector into a transformative phase, its future success lies in...
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India Secures Key Win at UPU Congress, Set to Lead Global Postal Transformation
With the world’s largest postal network serving 1.45 billion people, India is uniquely positioned to advance the global mission for a modern, inclusive and resilient postal system, said Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister for Communications. India has been re-elected to the Council of Administration and the Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) during...
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NTPC to construct power plant in MP
NTPC will construct a 2,640 MW power plant in Barethi in Chattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh (MP) at a cost of about Rs 18,000 crore. The project will comprise four unit of 660 MW each. According to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Power Minister, the Barethi power project is an important milestone for the state as well as the entire country. The power project will help to make Bundelkhand one of the most prosperous regions of the state.
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Initiative for speedy nod
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) has been constituted to quickly resolve infrastructural issues and to ensure speedy implementation of power projects in the north-east. The Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Jyotiraditya Scindia said that 94 power projects are pending due to want of clearances in various ministries.
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Power firms reduce capital expenditure
The capital expenditure of 25 top listed power companies declined 15 per cent to Rs 112,687 crore in 2012-13. The decline in investment may result in a considerable generation and supply crunch by the end of the current Plan, in 2016-17.
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Power sector to get additional gas till 2015-16
The Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stated that from 2013-14 until 2015-16, all additional gas would be given to the power sector. The gas offered to fertiliser needs to be supplied, beyond that any additional gas would be given to power sector, Scindia said. An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by Defence Minister AK Antony decided this on August 24.
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CCEA to decide on clearing bidding norms for UMPPs
The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) would soon decide on clearing the standard bidding documents for new ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) in order to expedite the implementation of such projects.
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8.5 GW gas-based plants remain idle
Some reports indicate that around 8,500 MW of gas-based power plants are lying idle in the country owing to non-availability of fuel. A high-powered ministerial panel rejected a proposal to cut natural gas supplies to urea plants and divert that fuel to power companies.
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