Synopsis: The government is implementing a scheme for setting up of 50 solar parks of aggregate capacity of 40,000 MW in the country, Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh told the Rajya Sabha
Synopsis: The cross subsidy among states across various categories of industrial & commercial consumers ranges between 28 percent on the lower side and 178 percent on the higher side, said Minister for Power RK Singh in the Rajya Sabha
Synopsis: After privatisation of airports, AAI employees can either choose to be employed by the new owner on terms and conditions not inferior to the existing ones or can return to AAI, the Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation Gen (Retd) Dr VK Singh told the Rajya Sabha
Synopsis: Out of a total requirement for 12,51,314 Million Units (MU) of electricity, 12,46,170 MU of electricity was supplied in the period between April 2021 and February 2022, leading to a gap of 0.4 percent between energy demand and supply, Minister for Power RK Singh said
Synopsis: In India, energy transition away from coal is not happening during the foreseeable future and demand for coal is expected to see an increase of 63 percent by 2030, said Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi in the Rajya Sabha
Synopsis: Against a target capacity of 4,000 MW, India has managed to put in place 1,176 MW of rooftop solar in the residential sector by the end of December 2021, Minister for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) RK Singh has said
The government has accorded its in-principle approval for setting up the largest nuclear power generating site at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, said Dr Jitendra Singh
Industry leaders have said that the MMDR Amendment Bill will play a fundamental role in enhancing mining sector’s contribution to the employment and GDP
PFC and REC have so far sanctioned loans worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore and sanctioned Rs 46,074 crore to discoms under the liquidity infusion scheme announced in May 2020