Electricity supply across India will be vulnerable to disruptions this summer as the official forecast of severe heatwave will boost demand significantly, while power stations face acute water shor
For many years, the biggest argument against solar power was the high cost of generation. Solar is not viable without government subsidies was the popular argument.
The Centre is overhauling coal blocks bidding policy, formulated by the previous UPA government, to attract investments as the pilot set of auctioned mines could not find any takers.
The coal ministry plans to auction about 25 coal blocks that were taken back from private firms over delays in developing them. These blocks have not attracted lawsuits so far.
The Madhya Pradesh government has asked the Centre to allow Reliance Power to mortgage mining leases of two coal blocks attached to the company's Sasan ultra mega power project in favour of the pla
The coal ministry has started groundwork to auction coal blocks after receiving provisional clearance from the ministry of environment and forests, a senior ministry official said.