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No outage due to power shortage in Delhi: Power Ministry
A factsheet on power supply in Delhi showed that there was no energy deficit in the city from September 26 to October 11
Centre mulls installing electric vehicle charging kiosks at 69,000 petrol pumps
Under the new guidelines of the oil ministry, new petrol pumps must have an option of one alternative fuel
Power ministry advises telcos to cap late payment surcharge at 12%
In general, the applicable rate of late payment surcharges is quite high despite the fact that interest rates softened over last few years
Finance Commission likely to reject USD 12 bn package to cut pollution: source
More than half of India’s coal-fired power plant units ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are already set to miss deadline.
Finance Secretary Garg seeks retirement after being shifted to Power Ministry
Subhash Chandra Garg, the senior-most bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, was in charge of the Department of Economic Affairs.
Power Ministry to bring norms to promote green transmission cables
Likely to bring options for electricity transmission cables like aluminium to protect environment from ill-effects of lead-based equipment.
Prepaid meters set to be made compulsory
The Central government may introduce prepaid electricity recharge cards similar to the ones for mobile phones.
States to get Rs 100 cr award for being efficient under Saubhagya scheme
Saubhagaya scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year in September.
To keep power consumption in check, govt may set 24 degree as default AC setting
Union Power Minister R K Singh launched a campaign to promote energy efficiency in the area of air-conditioning.
RBI refuses to ease NPA norm, shocks power sector
RBI is not in favour of any special forbearance for the sector that would have prevented the loans from being categorised as NPA.