The power arrangement blueprint for the Commonwealth Games was prepared nearly two years ago, but with the event less than a month away, the arrangements on the ground have sharply deviated from what was projected on paper.

According to the Power Department

Amsterdam: Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world

Noor Mohammad

New Delhi: The government is set to make tariff-based bidding mandatory for allocation of power projects from next January, in a move that is expected to bring down the price of electricity to the consumer.

The India launch of IEA

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for augmenting power generation in the country to achieve high economic growth rate on a sustainable basis.

India needs to bridge the gap between demand and supply of electricity and provide affordable power to industry and agriculture to ensure sustained economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

Central Region Electricity Distribution Company said to filed officers that in Rabi season maintenance of electricity lines and transformers should be done and its the priority of Company to ensure quality electricity supply.

MUMBAI: A major component of a user's electricity bill will soon remain constant for a five-year lock-in period if a proposal put forth by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) gets the go-ahead.

The MERC has proposed to all power suppliers in the state that power bills be divided into two components: a variable component and a non-variable component.

Over 20% of the global population

A target has been set in Madhya Pradesh to supply 24-hour power to the rural areas by the year 2013. The state government has signed MoUs with 28 private companies for generation of 40 thousand megawatt power with a view to meeting this target.

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