Buoyed by the positive response from the industry and the proactive approach adopted by various state governments, India is now making rapid strides in the solar segment. The country's solar power generation has gone up 14 times in a span of just five years from 0.5 MW in 2011 to 7 GW now.
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Advancing Infrastructure
Industry experts and global thought-leaders shared best practices and defined the future of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance at the Ă´Year in Infrastructure 2016Ă´ conference in London, showcased by Bentley Systems. SUMIT BANERJEE takes a look at the proceedings.
NTPC posts record output in a day
NTPC has recorded its highest-ever power generation capacity 866.47 million units in a day from sources like coal, solar, gas and hydro.
NTPCĂ´s Farakka plant gets green nod for coal imports
An Environment Ministry panel has given permission to state-run NTPC for transporting imported coal to its Farakka Thermal Power Plant in West Bengal via national waterways for another 6 months till January 2017.
NTPC posts record output of 866.47 million units in a day
NTPC has recorded its highest-ever power generation capacity 866.47 million units in a day from sources like coal, solar, gas and hydro.
Power crisis hits Bihar
Major parts of Bihar have been reeling under acute power crisis, as two power plants - Kanti Bijli Utpadan Nigam Limited (unit-1) in Muzaffarpur and NTPCĂ´s Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (unit-5) in Bhagalpur - suspended operations due to technical reasons.
It is my duty to give back to society
With 28 years of experience in power transmission, distribution and generation, Dhananjay Ketkar is currently Chief Operating Officer at Egis India. An engineer and a post graduate in cost and management accounting, Ketkar started his career with NTPC in the power generation domain.
Power tariff set to shoot up as Coal India raises prices
With Coal India (CIL) planning to raise its revenue margin by an additional Rs.3,234 crore by increasing the average coal prices by 6.29 per cent, power tariffs in plants across the country are set to rise
Improve performance of NTPC: Parl panel to Govt
A Parliamentary panel has asked the government to make strenuous efforts to improve performance of state-run NTPC
We have committed Rs.10,000 cr to MaharashtraĂ´s port infrastructure projects
Maharashtra is the most industrialised state in the country and is one of the prime movers of IndiaĂ´s success story. Like a true leader, Maharashtra has been showing the way to emulate in fields varying from infrastructure to industrialisation and from education to research.






