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The dirty fuel is no longer a dirty word in the Indian automotive industry. Long considered the choice of truckers and taxi drivers, diesel has over a short span of time won over the passenger vehicle buyer. With 70 per cent of the market being dominated by small or compact cars, it is no wonder that 2010 saw manufacturers launching new models in this segment.

The Electricity Act, 2003 (EA 2003) opened the power sector to multiple players by providing for a power market replete with competition. A key objective of EA 2003 was to provide

The government would give a special dispensation to state-owned entities such as NTPC for the development of captive blocks under a new policy to be announced within a week, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told FE in an exclusive interview.

The policy on development of captive blocks will, however, be tough on private sector companies who fail to adhere to agreed time-lines for development of

Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants at a cost of `120 crore, in potentially one of the biggest initiatives for the bio-fuel production in the country.

While two bio-diesel esterification plants are going to be commissioned at Raipur and Chennai during the next two years, the other two units will be set up subsequently, a senior railway ministry official said.

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RELIANCE Power, the flagship company of the Anil Ambani group, plans to expand four large coal-fired power projects by 50% to generate an additional 8,000 MW of power, which may be sold at more attractive merchant rates, company sources said.

The company will scale up three ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW each at Sasan, Krishnapatnam, and Tilaiya.

New Delhi: Railways has inaugurated India