Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

SPA to make plan for new Jkhand capital

More than a decade after the plan to construct a new capital for Jharkhand was conceived, the state government has finally okayed a file to ink an MoU with School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in New Delhi to prepare its blueprint.

Publication Date:

19/05/2011

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Urban Development, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Air Pollution

Deshmukh promises support to hybrid carmakers setting up units in country

Pune To promote indigenous manufacturing of eco-friendly vehicles, the Central government will definitely support hybrid electric vehicle makers if they showed interest in setting up their manufacturing plants in India, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

07/10/2010

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Hybrid Electric, Auto Industry, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution

Transport

Indias mobility merchants

As western auto markets shrink due to environmental concerns coupled with financial tightening and long-term worries about fuel supply, India has witnessed a decade-long steep sales growth rates in all categories of vehicles. The promise of a rapidly growing automobile market has brought every global auto manufacturer of significance to India.

Publication Date:

27/02/2010

Author(s): Rahul Goswami

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

45

Issue:

9

pp:

40

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Land Use, Transport, Public Transport, Road Transport, Automobiles, Cars, Cycles, Walking, Auto Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, India

Solid Waste

Extraction of aluminium from automobile waste gets nod

R. Chidambaram inaugurates an international seminar on composites

CHENNAI: A pilot project to recycle automobile waste and extract aluminium from that has been sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries, R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government, said on Tuesday.

Publication Date:

25/03/2009

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Waste Recycling

Energy

NTPC to be Bamnauli project consultant

Despite no budget allocation for the Bamnauli power project in the current financial year 2010-2011, the Delhi Government is all set to appoint NTPC as Project Management Consultant for the Pragati Power Project phase II (750 mw-800 mw) at Bamnauli.

Publication Date:

06/12/2010

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ministry of Power, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Power Industry, India, Energy, Delhi, Jhajjar (D)

Energy