Conserve environment was the mantra when the Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, exhorted people to spread awareness about energy conservation and help improve environmental equilibrium. Goyal was speaking at a function in New Delhi on December 14, 2016 to celebrate the 26th National Energy […]
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Only an MoU was signed between India and Bangladesh
New Delhi, August 1, 2016: India has not signed any specific agreement with Bangladesh to enhance electricity generation or to enhance export of power. However, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on “Cooperation in Power Sector” on 11.1.2010 by India. This was stated by Piyush […]
India marches ahead with electrification, more villages in list
New Delhi, July 18, 2016: Electrification is one of the most important developmental goals of the Indian government and India is marching ahead towards electrifying the remaining 18, 452 unelectrified villages within 1000 days. As per the information released by the Indian government, 141 unelectrified villages became electrified last week while 8,960 villages got their […]
Enough coal for thermal power plants: Government
New Delhi, April 29, 2016: At present, there is no shortage of coal in the thermal power plants of the country. None of the Coal based power generation plants across the country have reported any loss of generation due to shortage of coal during 2015-16. This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) […]