MUMBAI: In an apparent play of votebank politics, the Congress-led Democratic Front government on Wednesday doled out generous sops to farmers in its 2011-12 budget in the form of loan waivers and subsidies.

Farmers across Maharashtra owe Rs 5,900 crore in electricity bills along with interest and late fees.

RAIPUR, 7 MARCH: Blame it on a flawed policy, India is set to shed about 40,000 acres of its prime double-crop agriculture land to dozens of upcoming power projects in a district that is billed having the country

Patient capital can help provide reliable and green electricity to the rural poor

Bhopal: To solve the electricity problems of farmers, Energy Department has issued necessary directives to State's three electricity distribution companies to ensure responsibility of field officials to comply with the same.

After receiving complaints of registering false cases of electricity thefts against farmers, the State Government has said that competent officials will investigate matters

ENVIRONMENT Minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel of luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV), saying the government controls the price of the fuel only to help farmers, not the rich.

The government earns tax revenue from diesel sales, but does not allow its retail price to rise to the prevailing international leve

By December, 50,000 applications will be covered, and another 50,000 by March
Shortage of energy-efficient pumpsets in open market, cost among complaints
CHENNAI: The State government's latest scheme of providing free electricity connections to two lakh farmers in the fast mode is experiencing teething troubles.

Complaints of the shortage of energy-efficient pumpsets in the open market, risin

Godrej Industries is planning to commercially generate power from palm oil biomass in the next 2-3 years, a move expected to give boost to green energy production in the country.