(ET) NTPC Ltd, country’s largest power producer, plans to acquire operational coal-based power stations but only those built with Indian, not Chinese, equipment and with lower generation costs, which will keep many private plants out. The company has invited bids from promoters, lenders or financial intermediaries offering their domestic coal-based power plants. The company had earlier shelved buyout plans after exploring about 50 proposals due to concerns on valuations, a company executive said. “The fresh tender does not propose to value the assets. It will be based on bidding by the interested promoters. In no case the per megawatt cost should…
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(LiveMint) Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) is all set to take the fight to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Gujarat elections as it plans to campaign against chief minister Vijay Rupani in areas traditionally known to be BJP strongholds. Patel is scheduled to hold 10 public meetings over the next fortnight in key Saurashtra areas including a mega public meeting in Rajkot on Wednesday, followed by stops in Morbi, Somnath, Junagadh, and Himmatnagar. The announcement of the public meetings come days after PAAS formally announced its support to the Congress party and accepted its Patel reservation…
(Tribune) The Manali-Keylong National Highway has been closed to traffic due to inclement weather. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has told the state administration that it would not open the Rohtang Pass in the event of fresh snowfall.The Rohtang Pass was closed twice during November due to snowfall. It was cleared by the BRO to enable the stranded vehicles and the people to reach their destination, but now the BRO will open it only after the winter is over. The road was opened for a day today to enable tribals to return to Lahaul from Kullu.Despite the weather being dry,…
(FE) Narendra Modi Gujarat election campaign Day 1 LIVE UPDATES: A day after appealing for a nationwide debate on holding simultaneous assembly elections in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hit the campaign trail in his home Gujarat today. The much-anticipated election campaign by Modi, experts believe, will set the tone of the upcoming elections – on whether BJP will manage to save Gujarat, or Congress will make a comeback. In a series of tweets on Sunday, PM informed about his campaign schedule. “Tomorrow I begin my rallies across Gujarat. My first rally will be in Bhuj, Kutch. This district is close…
(AU) आरबीआई अब बैंकों को 2000 रुपए का नोट नहीं भेजेगा। मार्केट में केवल अब ये वाले नोट ही चलन में होंगे। दरअसल, देशभर में अगले तीन महीने रिजर्व बैंक ऑफ इंडिया(आरबीआई) की ओर से केवल 200 और इससे नीचे के छोटे नोट ही उपलब्ध कराए जाएंगे। आरबीआई ने यह फैसला 2000 रुपये के नोट की शॉर्र्टेज और एटीएम में 200 व इससे छोटे नए नोट न चलने की वजह से लिया है। इसके साथ ही सभी बैंकों को निर्देशित किया गया है कि वह छोटे नोटों का प्रचलन में लाएं। उधर, स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया ने इस संबंध में सभी…
(TH) A strong view is emerging in the corridors of power to use the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism in the domestic electricity market. This, according to those in the government as well as in industry, will bring greater transparency into the system. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry, has been pretty vocal about this: “It’s time to do away with the cross-subsidies that exist in the system today…make people pay for power but equitably,” he told BusinessLine. Shifting the subsidy from the power distributor to the consumer is being spoken about in various quarters. In fact, on…
(AU) गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस ने उम्मीदवारों की तीसरी लिस्ट जारी कर दी है। पार्टी ने रविवार देर रात 76 उम्मीदवारों के नाम का ऐलान किया है। लिस्ट आने के बाद पार्टी के कुछ कार्यकर्ता नाराज हो गए, उन्होंने पार्टी दफ्तर में तोड़फोड़ भी की। राज्य में दो चरणों में होने वाले चुनाव में सोमवार को नामांकन कराने का आखिरी दिन है। 182 सदस्यीय विधानसभा के लिए कांग्रेस ने अभी 20 सीटों पर प्रत्याशियों के नाम तय नहीं किए हैं। पार्टी महासचिव ऑस्कर फर्नांडीस ने तीसरी लिस्ट जारी की। कांग्रेस राज्य में पिछले दो दशकों से सत्ता से बाहर…
(BS) Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday lauded the positivity drive initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to the nation via his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme. “We have a new idea and new direction to follow in 2018. The prime minister, on account of the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, spoke of starting the New Year on a positive note. This is something that the country should adopt, as it is essential for our growth,” Pradhan told reporters here. Supporting this stance, Union Minister Vijay Goel also lauded the prime minister’s efforts in creating a New India through various measures, a recognition…
(ET) In the days after demonetisation, thousands handled their hidden cash by dumping the currency in banks, filing a revised income-tax return, and forking out a little over 30% tax for the extra cash that was deposited. This, they believed, was a neat way to take care of the cash and keep tax officers at bay. But things may turn out differently. On Friday, the government told all tax offices to accept only those revised tax returns where there is a “bona fide inadvertent error” or “error” or “a mistake” on part of the assessee. If inquiries indicate any dubious…
(AU) गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव में इस बार कांग्रेस ने पाटीदार, दलित, आदिवासी और अन्य पर भरपूर दांव लगाया है। पार्टी के रणनीतिकारों का कहना है कि जनता और उसकी उमड़ रही भीड़ काफी कुछ कह रही है। वहीं गुजरात कांग्रेस के आईटी सेल के प्रमुख रोहन गुप्ता का कहना है कि पाटीदार क्षेत्र की 25-26 सीट पर सफलता ही पार्टी का भाग्य बदल देगी। रोहन का कहना है कि गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव-2017 में इसकी पर्याप्त संभावना मौजूद है। पूरे राज्य से मिल रहे रिस्पांस के आधार पर रोहन का कहना है कि भाजपा के मुकाबले पार्टी के पास कार्यकर्ता कम है। कारण साफ है।…