Ministry of Power

Justice Manjula Chellur Takes Oath as APTEL Chairperson

Prior to this, Justice Manjula Chellur was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. Justice Manjula Chellur took Oath as Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), Ministry of Power on August 13, 2018. Prior to this, Justice Manjula Chellur was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. Further, Judicial Member Justice K.N. Patil, Technical Members S.D. Dubey, […]

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Textiles and Power Ministries Join Hands under SAATHI Initiative; Push Use of Energy Efficient Looms  

The SAATHI initiative is precisely aiming at the accelerating adoption of energy efficient power looms and thereby saving considerable costs. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta mentioned that Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Power have joined hands under the efficient energy initiative ‘Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption […]

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BEE and AEEE Release ‘Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index’

The energy efficiency preparedness index aims at assessing state policies and programs aimed at improving energy efficiency across various sectors. As part of its commitment to create awareness about energy efficiency as a resource and also to develop an action plan for energy conservation initiatives, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Alliance for an Energy […]

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Govt. Extends Deadline for Completion of Solar Power Projects

Earlier, the deadline for commissioning projects was 15 months with a relaxation of one year for land acquisition delays. The solar power projects that have been bid out under the tariff-based reverse auctions are given extension in their deadlines by the Ministry of Power. The relaxations have been offered under the amendment to the guidelines […]

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Govt Kicks off Pilot Scheme to Procure 2500 MW Power for 3-Yrs

The Ministry of Power said in a statement that, it had recently issued the model bid documents, model PAPP and PPSA on 6th April 2018. The government has launched a pilot scheme for the procurement of aggregate 2500 MW power on a competitive basis for three years under medium term i.e. from generators with commissioned projects […]

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Govt Clears ‘Electrified’ Villages Definition

The Ministry of Power in a statement said that, village electrification is a legacy issue which, though, mandates electrification of at least 10 percent households in a village, but does not imply restricting household electrification only to 10 percent. After government faced criticism from the opposition parties on its claim of achieving complete rural electrification, the […]

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SJVN Inks MoU with Govt; Will Strive to Achieve 9,200 mn Units in FY19

As per the targets set in the MOU, the company shall strive to achieve 9,200 million units generation during the year under ‘Excellent’ category. SJVN, a Mini Ratna company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Power, Govt. of India in Delhi for the financial year 2018-19. As per the targets set […]

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Central Railway Installs 28 Solar Power Plants

Mumbai and Solapur divisions have nine solar power plants each, while Pune, Nagpur and Bhusaval have three plants each and one is at the Matunga workshop in Mumbai To promote green/renewable energy in the country, the Central Railway has installed a total 28 solar power plants with a capacity of 924 kilowatt peak (KWp) on […]

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