(ET) Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation fuel has said that it has completed the supply of 50 tons of uranium fuel pellets for India’s boiling water reactors (BWR). The Corporation’s fuel division, TVEL, said in a statement that it has shipped to India the final consignment of uranium fuel pellets for BWRs and thereby fulfilled the contract with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. In India, the pellets will be used for fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies for the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant at the National Fuel Complex in Hyderabad.”The total volume of the supplied fuel pellets exceeded 50 tons, all shipments…
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(ET) The government is working on a scheme to salvage 24,000 MW of stressed gas-based power plants, built at an investment of over Rs 1 lakh crore, by importing natural gas and bundling the output with cheaper solar energy. The power and petroleum ministries are working on the new proposal. The earlier scheme entailing subsidy has been shelved. The proposed new scheme will offer no subsidy and hopes to help operate the power stations at 90% capacity by selling the bundled power. A senior government official said the earlier proposed e-regasified liquid natural gas scheme (e-RLNG), which involved an e-auction, was successful when there was electricity…
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(PTI) Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has bagged various orders across different business segments in both domestic and international markets. The construction arm of L&T has secured orders from clients across various states for its varied businesses, the company said in a filing to the BSE. L&T’s power transmission and distribution business has bagged various orders in India and overseas. “In Maharashtra, an empanelment and rate contract has been awarded to provide off-grid DC solar photovoltaic water pumping systems with standalone lighting systems for farmers in the Aurangabad, Nashik and Pune revenue divisions,” the company said.
(TH) The proposal for collaboration by South Korean steelmaker POSCO with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited is mired in controversy for over a year with the rival unions of RINL, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, resolving to set aside their differences and take their struggle against the joint venture to the notice of the corridors of power in the State and national capital. Coming to a common platform raising emotions over the circumstances which led to the establishment of India’s first shore-based steel plant in Visakhapatnam after spearheading an agitation under the banner of ‘Visakha Ukku Andhrula Hakku’ which…
(Livemint) The Union cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to the Personal Data Protection Bill that seeks to lay down a legal framework to preserve the sanctity of “consent” in data sharing and penalize those breaching privacy norms. In a first, the bill proposes social media platforms to create a mechanism so that for “every user who registers their service from India or uses their service from India, a voluntary verifiable account mechanism has to be made”, said a senior government official. The provision puts the onus of creating the mechanism on the company. The provision is largely aimed at checking…
(FE) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has recorded an over 36 per cent jump in sales during November 2019 on a year on year basis. A company statement said that sales during November 2019 stood at 1.409 Million Tonnes. “The sales figure for November is also one of the industry’s best, reflecting the Company’s renewed thrust on marketing strategy,” the statement said. Commenting on the higher sales, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, SAIL said, “The Company expects a positive consumption sentiment. While focusing on ramping up its production particularly from its modernized units, the Company is also taking several customer-centric measures…
(FE) Never before has the repo rate been less relevant than it is currently. The real problem today is neither one of very high interest rates nor that of lack of transmission. It is that companies don’t want to make big investments, not too many individuals want to leverage, and banks, too, are reluctant to lend. So, it is both, a demand and supply problem. At one level, subdued credit flows in the aftermath of the NBFC crisis are probably the biggest reason for the slowdown in the economy. The irony is that the system is awash with money—an average…
(PTI) Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought “personal intervention” of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to restart a Rs 100-crore project in his home state of Odisha. In a letter, he has also asked his ministerial colleague to review the work done so far on the project to upgrade infrastructure at the Angul aluminium park in Odisha. The improvement project was dropped citing slow progress. “Keeping in mind our government’s commitment to developing the mineral sector in Odisha and boost state’s economy, I request your personal intervention in directing concerned officials of your (Commerce and Industry) ministry to under…
The target of 8 crore under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to provide deposit free LPG connections to adult women of poor households has been achieved on 07.09.2019. As on date, about 87 % of PMUY beneficiaries have returned for at least second refill. The total number of refills including installation against PMUY connections has crossed more than 40 crore. This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.