Chandigarh: Punjab will host the Northern Zone Chief Ministers’ meeting here on July 13 to deliberate various issues.

Only last February, a confident Haryana had written to the Power Ministry to reallocate its share in a joint venture project, Aravali Power, to needy states since Haryana itself “would soon be powe

In a rare initiative, a farmer of Haryana, Ramehar Singh of Silani village in Jhajjar district, has installed a 50-KW capacity poultry litter-based biogas power plant at his poultry farm using poultry waste as feed material.

Showing the way to other farmers by his enterprise by running his 65 KVA (50-KW) biogas plant for 14 hours a day for the last three months, this self-reliant farmer now saves about `1 lakh per month. Confident of meeting his power needs, he has got his state electricity board connection disconnected.

Operating two 660-MW units at the newly commissioned China Light and Power Plant (CLPP) at Jhajjar has almost become impossible for Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) as Coal Indi

Producers say move shows CIL's attitude towards meeting fuel supply obligations

In a twist to the unending drama over coal supply, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has refused to supply to power plants commissioned since December 2011. The move is set to stall investment worth Rs 40,000 crore in new power capacity of 8,156 Mw. This includes a 300-Mw unit of Reliance Power’s Rosa power plant in UP and a 660-Mw plant of China Light & Power (CLP) at Jhajjar, Haryana.

Counters DoPT’s Stand Against Inquiry, Cites Violations By Haryana Govt.

With the commissioning of a 660 MW unit of a power plant in Jhajjar, Haryana, the installed capacity in the country has crossed two lakh megawatt mark, according to the Power Ministry.

About 44.5 lakh out of 2.43 crore consumers will benefit

Extending some relief to lower middle class power consumers aggrieved over the recent tariff hike, the government has announced an additional subsidy of Rs.175 crore to insulate them from any extra burden.

To tide over the power crisis, the Centre has allotted 50 MW of additional power to the state, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said here on Sunday.