Asian Development Bank will provide a US$3.3 million as grant for implementing renewable energy projects in rural areas with no access to grid electricity.

Government on Wednesday signed a technical assistance grant agreements of $3.3 million with the ADB at a ceremony at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Saifuddin Ahmed, joint secretary, Economic Relations Division; Islam Sharif, executive director and

Contracts likely to be terminated if they miss the July 9 deadline
The ministry of new & renewable energy has said half of the 37 firms awarded solar power projects are yet to achieve financial closure and their contracts will be terminated if they miss the July 9 deadline.

SRINAGAR: Reiterating Government

The government has undertaken a master plan under the Vision-2021 to reach electricity facilities to every village of the country, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Enamul Haque told the House on Sunday.

SANGSAD BHABAN: The government has undertaken a master plan under the Vision-2021 to reach electricity facilities to every village of the country, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resou

Rural Electrification Project 24 June, 2011 - The Japanese government has agreed to give Bhutan a loan of USD 27M to Bhutan to electrify 3,549 households under the second phase of rural electrifica

The Caritas Pakistan would provide solar energy to 300 families in Jati and Sujawal towns to rid them of energy crisis, said the executive secretary of the organisation`s Hyderabad chapter, Mr Shams Shamoon.

He said in a statement issued here on Wednesday that Caritas Germany was cooperating in this project, which would be completed within six months.

GANDHINAGAR: After successfully completing the e-gram project of providing basic IT connectivity to all the district, taluka and village panchayats, the Gujarat government is now all set to launch a comprehensive e-panchayat project in order to create a complete database and monitor all the activities taken up in the rural areas.

The Central Government is planning to set up five new power transmission lines with private sector participation at an estimated cost of Rs.6,485 crore (worth over $1.40 billion). These planned transmission lines would help power evacuation from the proposed coastal generation projects in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

From the year 2013, power will be supplied to domestic and irrigation consumers in the rural areas from separate feeders under the State Government's Ambitious Feeder Separation Scheme. As per the wishes of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, power will be supplied for 24-hours to rural domestic consumers and eight hours to irrigation consumers.