Dr Alka Mittal has joined as Director (HR) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited today. A post graduate in Economics, MBA (HRM) and Doctorate in Commerce and Business Studies, she joined ONGC as a Graduate Trainee in 1985 and brings with her an extremely rich experience spanning over three decades. She is on the Board of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) as ONGC nominee Director since August 2015.Prior to joining as Director (HR), Dr Mittal held the post of Chief Skill Development (CSD) of the Company. In her capacity as CSD she streamlined the activities and brought in uniformity in…
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(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday inaugurated the country’s first Hyper Converged Infrastructure State Data Centre here, saying it will facilitate the completion of projects in a time-bound manner. All information related to government departments will now be available at one place. “The establishment of a data centre like this one will definitely benefit the state. Information on all government departments will now be available at one place. It will also help in speeding up our activities and save energy,” Rawat said after inaugurating the facility at IT Park on the Sahastradhara Road. “We had to develop…
(PTI) Ruling BJP in Rajasthan will release its election manifesto today. “Finance minister Arun Jaitley will release the ‘Sankalp Patra’ on Tuesday,” a party spokesperson said on Monday. The Congress, on the other hand, is likely to release its election manifesto Wednesday. Polling in the state will take place on December 7 and results will be announced on December 11.
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend four rallies during BJP’s December “rath yatra” in West Bengal to give a thrust to the party’s campaign in the state ahead of the 2019 general elections, the party’s state unit said Monday. BJP president Amit Shah will kickstart the three rath yatra in the state which is scheduled to start from Coochbehar district in the north on December 7, from Gangasagar in the south on December 9, and from Tarapith temple in Birbhum district on December 14. The “rath yatra” (chariot march) would cover all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in…
(ET) Coal India is ready to renew its 5-million-tonnes offer of additional coal to NTPC, which could not lift any quantity after it was offered the fuel with a 30-day deadline. NTPC executives said transporting the coal was a big hurdle. “We still want NTPC to lift the 5 million tonnes offered from our fresh stocks so that they can build up inventory during winter, ahead of summer, after which demand for power rises and so does demand for coal from thermal power plants.Increasing supplies at a very short notice is not always possible as railways may not be in…
(The Pioneer) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the flagship scheme of National Democratic Alliance government for subsidised LPG connection, coupled with Saubhagya Scheme providing free domestic power connections in rural areas to the poor have unleashed a silent revolution across Uttar Pradesh, leading to a sharp rise in power consumption and LPG as medium of cooking food. The Ujjwala Yojana was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ballia (eastern UP) on May 1, 2016. An estimated 59 per cent of rural households in the state relied on grid power as the primary source of lighting in 2018. This was a…
(ET) The government expects to resume work on two of the country’s largest hydroelectric projects, planned by the NHPC at Lower Subansiri and Dibang in Arunachal Pradesh with a combined capacity of 4,800 MW, as the green tribunal has quashed appeals stalling them. The government has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court against stay on the two projects without a hearing. However, the organisations opposing the projects are preparing to approach the Supreme Court, according to people aware of the matter. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday rejected an appeal filed by social activists against the constitution of…
For a fast growing economy like ours, energy needs are growing manifold. PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs – BPCL, HPCL & IOCL) are undertaking Retail Outlet (Petrol Pump) network expansion in tandem with the growth in demand of Petrol and Diesel. Retail sales of Petrol and Diesel are increasing at the rate of approximately 8% and 4% p.a. respectively. Expansion of retail outlet network (Petrol Pumps) is undertaken by Oil Marketing Companies primarily to meet the growing fuel needs and convenience of customers in emerging markets like upcoming highways, agricultural pockets and industrial hubs. The Retail Outlet network in Rural, remote…
(ET) The Indian Railways allotted at least 4,300 goods trains or rakes in the past 12-15 months on instruction from Coal India Limited, for supplying about 17 million tonnes of coal to the state-run miner’s non-power consumers including captive power plants, that were never loaded by CIL and the allotted rakes remain pending, said people aware of the matter. The estimated value of this coal is at least Rs 2,200 crore and a portion of this has been already deposited in advance with CIL, said one of the persons, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Of late, CIL has stopped asking…
(AU) श्रीराम के भव्य मंदिर के निर्माण के लिए शुरू हुए आंदोलन को लेकर विश्व हिंदू परिषद, आरएसएस, शिवसेना के साथ ही आमजन में भी उत्साह है। विश्व हिंदू परिषद ने रविवार को बड़े भक्त माल की बगिया में विराट धर्मसभा का आयोजन किया है जिसमें करीब दो दो लाख रामभक्तों को जुटाने का लक्ष्य है। जबकि इसके पहले शनिवार यानि आज लक्ष्मण किला में शिवसेना 1100 संतों को सम्मानित करने जा रही है। मुंबई से शिव सैनिकों को लेकर विशेष ट्रेन शुक्रवार रात करीब 10:07 बजे अयोध्या पहुंची। 22 बोगी की ट्रेन से 2900 शिवसैनिक अयोध्या पहुंचे हैं। सभी…