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Gazing into the Big Budget

Gazing into the Big Budget

The industry estimates that falling crude oil prices, lower fuel subsidies along with recent diesel tax hikes could together add almost Rs 1.1 trillion to the Union Budget. And with the government planning to spend about $8 billion of that on infrastructure and manufacturing activities, the infrastructure sector is looking at a brighter year ahead.

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Prime Minister, please

Prime Minister, please

By the time this issue reaches your hands, the new government would have taken over. Which are the burning issues in the infrastructure space that have to be tackled on an urgent basis?

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Govt to set up separate grid for solar, wind projects

Govt to set up separate grid for solar, wind projects

Planning Commission member BK Chaturvedi has said that the Union government would set up a green corridor to generate power from solar and wind capacities that were established at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore, Planning Commission member BK Chaturvedi. The National Action Plan on Climate Change has recommended that India generate 10 per cent of its power needs from solar, wind, hydropower and other renewable sources by 2015, and an additional 5 per cent by 2020.

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JNPT invites bids for wind energy plant

JNPT invites bids for wind energy plant

Agency reports indicate that Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) invited bids from firms to set up a 7 mw wind power plant at a cost of Rs 48 crore to meet its energy requirement. The proposed plant may help the port save around 30 percent on energy costs, agency reports indicate. In order to reduce its dependence on power from outside sources, the port plans to set up renewable ener

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OIL plans Rs 120 bn investment in North East till FY17

OIL plans Rs 120 bn investment in North East till FY17

Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Chairman and MD of Oil India (OIL) informed reporters that the firm earmarked Rs 12,000 crore investment for its projects in North East out of the Rs 19,000 crore capital expenditure planned in the 12th Five-Year Plan. The company planned to invest Rs 19,000 crore on expansion of exploration work and diversification of business during 2012-

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ONGC to set up its own power plants

ONGC to set up its own power plants

ONGC plans to set up its own power plants, not just gas-based but also facilities based on nuclear, wind and other conventional energy sources, the government-owned exploration company Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Vasudeva said on March 28. He was speaking after inaugurating the monetisation and production operations from the first onshore marginal gas fields in KG basin at Ponnamanda village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.