The Ministry of Environment and Forests has started mapping forest regions to identify “inviolate” areas, where ecologically dangerous activities such as mining may not be allowed.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has stepped in to iron out the hurdles impeding the supply of coal for power production.

The government is likely to consider power generators' plea for increase in tariff in view of higher coal prices and work out a solution, Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde said.

New Delhi Power projects of 30,000 MW capacity that are staring at termination of coal supply linkage after missing key implementation milestones may get a breather.

The coal ministry has decided against using penal provisions against these developers on a unilateral basis.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and the Union power ministry would soon be approaching the Supreme Court for an urgent challenge to the rising trend among states to invoke Sect

Administrative ministries including coal and power today put a spoke in the finance ministry’s proposal to ask cash-surplus state-owned undertakings to buy back their shares or pick government stak

The Andhra Pradesh Government has requested the Centre to sanction free electricity connections to about 20 lakh Below Poverty Line (BPL) consumers.

ITANAGAR/LAKHIMPUR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Friday sought intervention of Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the on-going agitation against 2000 mw Lower Subansiri p

NEW DELHI: Power companies will get coal blocks only if they quote low tariffs, a move that is expected to revive investment in the sector and protect consumers from spiralling electricity rates.

Delays in commissioning of new mines and a historic dip in production from operational mines have thrown coal availability position and the associated power capacity into emergency mode.