August 21, 2017
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Digital Em‘Power’ment: Delivering on ‘RTI’- Right to a Transformed India
Every government comes to power with the promise of serving the people and making their country a better place to live in. When this promise is broken, by inefficiencies and corruption, people’s trust in their leadership is shaken, and they demand answers....
Coal consumers being taxed much less under GST: Minister
New Delhi, Aug 4 The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in effect from last month has reduced the incidence of tax on coal to 5 per cent, as compared to a cumulative tax of more than 13 per cent on account of various indirect taxes earlier, Parliament...
NLCIL bags coveted ‘National Award for Excellence in Cost Management – 2016’
NLC India Limited(NLCIL) has been conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Cost Management under the category of Public Sector (Medium ) in the 14th ‘National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management – 2016’ presentation ceremony ...
New Energy Conservation Building Code launched by Goyal
New Delhi, June 20 The new Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 prescribing energy performance standards for new commercial buildings to be constructed in India was launched by Power Minister Piyush Goyal at an event here on Monday. “I...
Piyush Goyal visiting Austria, Britain for energy dialogue
New Delhi, May 10 Power Minister Piyush Goyal is visiting Austria and Britain from May 10 to 13 to hold a energy dialogue, said an official statement. On May 10, Goyal will participate in investors meet organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of...
Power Minister releases PFC’s ‘5th Annual Integrated Rating of State Power Distribution Utilities’
Union Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal and New Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal releasing the ‘5th Annual Integrated Rating of State Power Distribution Utilities ’ for the FY 2015-16 in the presence of (L to R) Shri Arun Kumar, Secretary...
Piyush Goyal endorses Aadhaar linked electricity bill payment
The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (Independent Charge), Piyush Goyal addressing the media on the outcomes of the States Power Ministers/UTs Conference New Delhi, May 5 Endorsing the linking of the Aadhaar card...
NHPC pays Highest ever Interim Dividend of Rs. 1882 crore
NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydro power company and a ‘Mini Ratna’ Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India has paid an interim dividend of Rs.1402.21 crore to Government of India for the financial year 2016-17. The dividend payout bank...
NTPC pays Interim Dividend of Rs. 2,152.07 crore for FY 2016-17
NTPC Ltd. has paid an interim dividend of Rs. 2,152.07 crore, being 26.10% of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company for Financial Year 2016-17 The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs. 1,500.95 crore to Government of India, was presented by Gurdeep...
M.K. Goel appointed Chairperson, JERC for Goa & UTs
M.K.Goel has been appointed as Chairperson, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa and Union Territories. Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Union Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines administered the...
Coal Production Starts at NTPC’s First Coal Block at Pakhribarwadih
The first coal rake of NTPC’s Pakri-Barwadih coal mine at Hazaribagh has been flagged-off by Shri Arun Jaitley Union Minister of Finance ; Shri Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (I/C)...
DVC Was Awarded Prestigious NTPC Award
DVC was awarded 3rd prize of “NTPC AWARD- 2015-16” in a prestigious ceremony at New Delhi on 18.01.2017. Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Govt. of India, gave away the said prize...
Telangana, Assam join Uday discom debt scheme
New Delhi, Jan 5 With Telangana and Assam joining the central government’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) and Tamil Nadu coming on board next week, over 90 per cent of the debt of state electricity distribution companies will be covered by...
An event on ‘Empowering the Grid to meet Future Challenges’
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal presided over an event on ‘Empowering the Grid to meet Future Challenges’, organized by the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID) and Ministry...
102 more villages electrified last week
New Delhi, Dec 27 A total of 102 villages in eight states were electrified under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna in the week ended December 25, the government said on Monday.“Of these electrified villages, 17 are in Assam, 29 in Jharkhand,...
National Level Painting Competition-2016
Christina Biswas D/o Siva Prosad Biswas of Vivekananda Mission School, Joka, Kolkata-700 104, West Bengal, was awarded 2nd prize in Nation Level Painting Competition-2016 held at New Delhi on 14/12/2016. Shri Piyush Goyal, Honb’le Minister of Power,...
NTPC and NALCO to form JV for Power Generation
NTPC Limited and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in New Delhi in the presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister Of State (I/C) Power, Coal, NRE and Mines, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister...
Prime Minister Dedicates 1732 MW -Three Hydro Projects in Himachal
By Prakash Bhargava Prime Minister, Narendra Modi appreciated the contribution of Public sector companies and said these hydro projects will bring prosperity to the State of Himachal and other parts of the country while dedicating the flagship...
PM of India dedicates three BHEL-commissioned Hydro Power Projects to the Nation
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, dedicated three Hydro Electric Projects (HEP) in Himachal Pradesh, representing 1,732 MW of generating capacity, to the nation today. Significantly, all the three power projects, Koldam HEP (4×200 MW) of...