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
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Skill training hubs
Tata Power has set up Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) training hubs to train, test, certify, and accredit over 2500 power sector workforce through a modular skill development approach by FY16-17.
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Percentage of RE in power generation
As per information from the Central Electricity Authority, the percentage share of renewable energy in total power generation increased from 4.97 per cent in 2012-13 to about 5.7 per cent by February 2016.
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Gujarat defends GSPC on KG investment
The Gujarat government has said the investment of Rs.19,716 crore made by the state-run Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation for oil and gas exploration in the Krishna Godavari (KG)
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Nandan Nilekani invests in RailYatri
Train travel solutions app RailYatri.in said Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has invested an undisclosed amount in it.
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APEPDCLĂ´s new mobile app
Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited (APEPDCL) is planning to upgrade its mobile application and incorporate a few features including updates regarding power supply
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Funding National Waterways
India has remarkable potential of 14,500 km of navigable waterways. However, only 4,300 km comprising five waterways have been designated as National Waterways. Realising the exponential growth in this sector in the coming years, the government in the year 2016 has, under the National Waterways Act 2016, declared an additional 106 inland waterways which brings the total number of National Waterways to 111.
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Court convicts Jharkhand Ispat, 2 directors in scam
A special court has convicted Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) and its two directors R S Rungta and R C Rungta in a case pertaining to irregularities in allotment of a coal block in the state to the firm. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar held the company and its two directors guilty of the offences under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of IPC.
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Policy on auction of coal linkages in 2-3 months
Policy on auctioning of coal linkages to the power sector is likely to be finalised in 2-3 months, the government said. Proposed policy on auction of coal linkages to power sector will take two to three months,' Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters.
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Green court cracks whip on clean coal
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for failure to implement its order to ensure power and coal companies followed clean coal norms.