(PTI) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated three power transmission units in Odisha’s Kalahandi district which will enable the local people to get power directly from Indravati Hydro Electric Project after about 20 years of its commissioning. Patnaik launched the three projects, a 220/132/ 33 KV grid substation at Baner and two 33-KV feeder lines from the grid to Badkutru and Ladugaon villages, through video conference. The local people will get electricity directly from the Indravati project after its operation about 20 years ago. Around 121 villages of Jaipatna, Koksara and Kalampur blocks of Kalahandi will get direct power supply from Indravati project which will benefit 30,000…
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(LiveMint) The government has for the fourth time extended the deadline for bidding for privatisation of India’s second-biggest oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) by one and a half months to November 16. While the Cabinet, in November last year, had approved the sale of the government’s entire 52.98% stake in BPCL, offers seeking expression of interest (EoI) or bids showing interest in buying its stake were invited only on March 7. Initially, the EoI submission deadline was May 2, but it was first was extended up to June 13, then to July 31 and later to September 30. “In view…
(PTI) The government is opening up the economy for greater participation of the private sector and has been working in different ways to remove entry barriers for new investments, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He said the government has opened up defence manufacturing for the domestic industry in a much bigger way and coal mining for commercial engagement. It has also made a number of changes in single brand retailing to promote new businesses, the minister said adding the other sectors where steps have been taken include civil aviation, agriculture and financial services. “The government is opening up…
(PTI) Twenty-eight years after the Babri Masjid was razed, a court here acquitted all 32 people including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti accused of being involved in the demolition of the mosque they believed occupied the spot where Lord Ram was born. In a judgment that ran to 2,300 pages with enclosures, the special CBI court on Wednesday said there was no conclusive evidence against the 32 accused of being involved in any conspiracy to bring down the disputed structure in Ayodhya. Delivering the verdict on the day of his retirement, special Judge S K…
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has always been a front runner in embracing employee-oriented management measures for their motivation and performance enhancement. In line with this objective, the Company through a Social NGO, AAS has organised a series of on-line sessions for employees on various topics such as motivation, positivity, leadership, professional and personal conduct. These sessions are aimed at ushering in change management, conflict resolution and improving decision making abilities of the employees. The Company is continually trying to introduce constructive and effective programs which will help in alleviating the general stress caused by challenging health issues of…
(ET) State-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) has floated a global tender for setting up the country’s first coal to methanol plant in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 6,000 crore. The company is in dialogue with Indian Oil Corp and other government-owned oil companies for long-term tie up for marketing of the methanol. The project envisaged to be set up through a surface coal gasification route will be based on the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model. Through the tender CIL proposes to select the BOO operator for the life span of the plant, which is expected to be 25 years. “This is a part of implementing the…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने सोमवार को बांगरमऊ में आयोजित कार्यक्रम में जिले में स्थापित 72 करोड़ लागत की 44 परियोजनाओं का लोकार्पण और 21 करोड़ की 148 योजनाओं का शिलान्यास किया। उन्होंने आश्वासन दिया कि उन्नाव जिले को विकास के क्षेत्र में उसका पूरा हक मिलेगा। अपने संबोधन में उन्होंने सरकार की उपलब्धियां गिनाईं साथ ही कांग्रेस व विपक्षी दलों पर हमला बोला। कहा कि कृषि बिल से प्रधानमंत्री देश के किसानों की आमदनी दोगुनी, एक देश एक बाजार और किसानों को आत्मनिर्भर बना रहे हैं तो कुछ स्वार्थी लोग किसानों को गुमराह करने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं। कहा…
(ET) UP power minister Shrikant Sharma on Monday ordered serving of show cause notice to directors of Madhyanchal and Paschimanchal power distribution companies and chief engineers of 10 districts, including Lucknow and Noida, over poor consumer service, failure to curb line losses and not providing power as per schedule. Presiding over a review meeting to assess the power supply situation, Sharma ordered the officials to bring down the line losses in 2,442 electricity feeders (1,232 in Madhyanchal and 1,010 in Paschimanchal) in 30 days. He said the state government could ensure round the clock power supply only by bringing down line losses. Sharma expressed displeasure over a large number of complaints…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी मंगलवार को नमामि गंगे कार्यक्रम के तहत तैयार छह परियोजनाओं का आनलाइन लोकार्पण करेंगे। नमामि गंगे परियोजना की ओर से पीएम का कार्यक्रम जारी कर दिया गया है। लोकार्पण कार्यक्रम सुबह 11 बजे से शुरू होगा। मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेंद्र सिंह रावत कार्यक्रम में सचिवालय से जुड़ेंगे। जबकि कैबिनेट मंत्री सतपाल महाराज और मदन कौशिक के अलावा विधायक हरिद्वार (ग्रामीण) स्वामी यतीश्वरांद और बीएचईएल रानीपुर के विधायक आदेश चौहान को भी कार्यक्रम न्योता दिया गया है। वे अलग-अलग परियोजना स्थलों पर मौजूद रहेंगे। परियोजना निदेशक उदय राज सिंह के मुताबिक, कार्यक्रम की सभी तैयारियां पूरी कर ली गई हैं। पीएम…
(ET) CNG and piped natural gas prices could face an increase this festive season if the government implements a new floor price mechanism for gas produced from domestic fields by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Sources said the petroleum ministry is considering a proposal under which domestic gas will have a floor pricing that would prevent fuel prices from crashing below an identified threshold in the current subdued market conditions and insulate oil and gas explorers like ONGC from a tariff crash. Talks are on to link gas prices with price Japan-Korea Marker, a benchmark index used to determine LNG tariff in North Asia with…