Tamil Nadu, which had sought 150 mw of power from the eastern region, will begin importing power from the region this week. However, transmission line constraints will not allow a transmission of

The Union government has assured Rajasthan of clearance to all the major pending power projects in the state within a month-and-a-half, according to Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Shekhawat

Russia has offered to provide a Rs 17,000 crore loan to set up the Kudunkulum nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu. The line of credit is the maximum that the Russians have offered in any sector

The World bank has suggested that India should revamp its Central Road Fund (CRF) and make the users pay for road services by way of road user charges. The Bank has called for setting up a strong

The Comptroller and audit general report on Pondicherry has blamed the union territory administration for using a drug, sulphaguanidine, defying a ban imposed on its use by the government of India in

The Indian Forest Service Association (IFSA) has demanded a hike in the Rs 8,000 crore allocation proposed in the draft Ninth Plan as it considers the amount inadequate to tackle the challenges of a

The Union ministry for non-conventional energy sources has engaged AEA Technology of Britain to study the feasibility of setting up two power projects that will use vegetable wastes as fuel. The

The West Bengal government is setting up a separate corporation for promotion and implementation of rural energy development work in the state. The first of its kind in the contry, the new

A major gas field has been discovered in Pakistan's Sind province raising hopes of more finds in the area. The gas, with a 10 per cent carbon-dioxide content, is considered to be of very high

India will receive a fresh grant of about $1.13 million (about Rs 4.4 crore) from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for phasing out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) under the provisions of