Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is examining a number of power projects on offer to scale up its generating capacity rapidly. B Surender Mohan, Chairman and Managing Director, NLC, said it is examining nine projects, where the promoters have showed interest in letting NLC acquire the projects.
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The first 100 days of the Modi government have been encouraging. Now the Centre is firmly moving to mission mode. There´s much that the infrastructure sector can look forward to in the days to come. Let´s look at the various initiatives that the government plans to unroll.
Racks of investment
At present, India is not yet ready with the concept of third party involvement for building up rail infrastructure for coal linkages. Now with the positivity which the present government has got along, investors are optimistic about fast-track solutions for coal linkage issues.
FDI Ultimate Game Changer
Though investment in infrastructure is expected to touch $1,025 billion in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2012-17), many hurdles are choking investment inflows despite the government´s overdrive to attract funds. The government´s recent decision to open up the railway sector to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
The Water Route
Coastal shipping and inland waterways transportation (IWT), the two significant modes of domestic water transportation, both provide fuel and cost savings over road and rail transport. Water as a mode of transportation holds significant importance in an economy
CIL misses output target again
Coal India produced only 34.54 million tonne of coal in August, missing the target for a fourth month, even as acute fuel shortages continue to hit power generation. The target for August was 35.13 million tonne (mt).
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Despite protests from environmentalists, the Karnataka state government has decided to go ahead with drawing of a 400 kV power line from My- sore to Kozhikode via Kodagu, to evacuate power from Kaiga nuclear plant, near Karwar.
Telangana turns to solar power
The Telangana government is placing its bets on the sun to help it tide over the energy crisis.
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