(ET) Even as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked power officials to maintain routine power supply in the state, Uttar Pradesh is likely to face a bigger electricity crisis as the backup coal stocks for thermal power plants have started depleting this month. The coal shortage may worsen during the monsoon when the supplies fall short annually due to rain and floods that disrupt mining and transportation. A senior power official said that thermal plants face coal shortage during the monsoon every year between June and September.But this time, the coal shortage started in April largely due to lesser supply…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(NDTV) Fuel rates were held steady on Tuesday, unchanged for 20 straight days across all metro cities since a hike of 80 paise per litre on April 6 in petrol and diesel prices.That comes after a 14-times increase of a cumulative ₹ 10 per litre in the petrol and diesel rate since price revisions restarted on March 22, following a near four-months hiatus. Here are the updates on the petrol and diesel price on April 26, 2022: In Delhi, a litre of petrol is retailed at ₹ 105.41, and diesel costs ₹ 96.67. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at ₹ 120.51 per…
(THE HINDU) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Silicon Valley invited investors to be part of the country’s growth story while pitching for collaboration with the US in financial services and emerging technologies. Speaking at a round table hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-India Business Council (USIBC), she said financial technology (fintech) represents a unique opportunity for sustainable and inclusive growth. “With a growth forecast of almost 8 per cent in FY 2023, India is likely to remain the world’s fastest growing major economy over the next few years, driven…
(ET) India, the largest exporter of carbon credits, proposes to have its own uniform carbon market in one year as a large finance avenue for energy transition projects and emission reduction. An analysis by Deloitte Economics Institute showed the country could gain $11 trillion over 50 years by limiting rising global temperatures and realising its potential to ‘export decarbonisation’ to the world. The Centre is considering a change in legislation for implementing the carbon trading scheme that will subsume all such present tradeable certificates, sources said. The proposal is also to have a closed market that doesn’t allow export of…
(ET) State-run explorer ONGC missed its capex target by 11 per centwhile refiners IndianOil, BPCL and HPCL exceeded their respective targets for 2021-22, as per the oil ministry data. State-oil companies spent a combined ₹1,04,600 crore, meeting their capex target for the year. They plan to spend ₹1,11,000 crore in the current fiscal year. ONGC spent ₹26,621 crore, against its budgeted expenditure of ₹29,800 crore. Its overseas arm, ONGC Videsh, fell far short of its target. Its expenditure of ₹4,836 crore was just 58 per centof its annual target. Oil India, the smaller state-run explorer, spent ₹4,239 core, against a…
(DJ) जून में बैंक लोन महंगा हो सकता है। क्योंकि भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (RBI) जून में अपनी रेपो दर बढ़ाएगा। यह बात रायटर्स के पोल में निकल कर आई है। पोल के मुताबिक इस बार रेपो दर में बढ़ोतरी पहले की तुलना में तेज गति से होगी क्योंकि मुद्रास्फीति में बढ़ोतरी केंद्रीय बैंक पर तेजी से काम करने का दबाव बना रही है। बता दें कि मार्च में खुदरा मुद्रास्फीति बढ़कर लगभग 7% हो गई, जबकि केंद्रीय बैंक ने 6% ऊपरी सीमा का अनुमान रखा था। पोल के मुताबिक महंगाई दर संभावित रूप से वैश्विक ऊर्जा कीमतों में वृद्धि के…
(अमर उजाला) देश में नए कोरोना मरीजों की संख्या में उतार-चढ़ाव का सिलसिला जारी है। मंगलवार सुबह समाप्त बीते 24 घंटे में 2483 नए संक्रमित मिले। इस दौरान सक्रिय केस में भी गिरावट आई। मौतों के आंकड़ों ने एक बार फिर चौंकाया है। सरकार ने बताया कि कोरोना से 1399 और मौतें होने से देश की कुल मृतक संख्या 5,23,622 हो गई। केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक गत 24 घंटे में 2483 नए संक्रमित मिले। सक्रिय केस सोमवार की तुलना में 886 घटकर 15,636 हो गए हैं। सोमवार सुबह तक बीते 24 घंटे में 2541 नए संक्रमित मिले थे।…
(PIB) Recently unconfirmed reports have appeared in a section of the Media that the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) is being merged with Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL). In this regard, the Ministry of Coal has clarified that CMPDIL is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL) that provides exploration and consultancy services primarily to the coal sector. Keeping in view the scope for its business expansion in other minerals, the Government has plans for its strengthening, for which it is being considered to merge MECL into CMPDIL. MECL has domain expertise in non-coal mineral exploration and…
(PTI) State-owned BHEL on Monday said it has received an order from NTPC for six electric locomotives to be used for the first time in the country for industrial application. The locomotives will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. While the traction motors for the locomotives will be supplied from its Bhopal plant, IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) based propulsion equipment will be developed and supplied by the Bengaluru unit, BHEL said in a statement. “BHEL has achieved a major breakthrough in the rolling stock business by securing the order for 6,000 HP electric locomotives, first…
(BS) Sri Lanka could be given temporary classification as a lower-income country — from the current middle-income status — to help it restructure its debt. And, it should also be given emergency funding similar to the one granted to Ukraine. Sitharaman had actively engaged with various representatives of the multilateral institutions, including World Bank president David Malpass and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva in support of Sri Lanka. This was done in order to alleviate the country’s ongoing financial predicament and help it better navigate the maze of international financing rules and criteria, sources aware of the discussions said. “The minister’s interventions have been on several…