With the Punjab Assembly poll round the corner, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has brought relief for the 85 lakh power consumers in the state, leaving the power tariff unchanged for the second consecutive year, although the power subsidy bill of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited may swell from Rs.5,600 crore last fiscal to Rs.6,364 crore this year.
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LTI & GE Digital announce global strategic partnership
L&T Infotech (LTI), a global information technology services and solutions company, has announced a strategic partnership with GE Digital, combining LTI´s diverse industrial capabilities with GE´s Predix cloud-based operating system for the Industrial Internet.
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EESL signs MoU with TERI
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has entered into a strategic partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for two years. The MoU was signed between the two parties in the presence of Union Minister of State (IC) Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal.
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Waste-to-power plants yet to take off
The proposal to generate power from waste continues to remain a non-starter with the successive state governments having miserably failed to take forward the initiative of converting waste into energy despite availability of large amount of municipal solid waste.
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The NET of all Nets
Was it Napoleon, who said that an army marches on its stomach? Or was it Frederick the Great? Historians do not seem to agree on that contentious question. Irrespective of who made that statement, you would think their armies moved on horses and carriages.
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Net Neutrality for India
Infrastructure is the critical backbone of any nation. India´s deficiencies in this regard, despite huge subsidies by the government, are very well known - whether it be in respect of highways and railways, housing, ports, power or water supply.
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Dindigul to have Rs.13.89 cr solid waste management project
Dindigul Corporation council has approved execution of a solid waste management project at an estimated cost of Rs.13.89 crore and commissioning of a power generation plant using bio-wastes in the city.
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PM wants ministries to chalk out plan for better movement of coal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly asked the ministries of coal, railways, shipping and power to work out a plan for better movement of coal though coastal and inland waterways and present the policy on the same to the cabinet.
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Centre approves Rs.11,400 cr under PMRRP for J And K
The Centre has approved an amount of about Rs.11,400 crore under the Prime Minister´s Relief and Reconstruction Programme (PMRR) for the power sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
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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