This is the 43rd Report on 'Development of Hydro Sector" presented by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy.

This Report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Thirty-Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on development of national grid.

This report for the year ended 31 March 2012 has been prepared for submission to the President under Article 151 of the Constitution.

This is the Forty First Report on Implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana pertaining to the Ministry of Power presented by the Standing Committee on Energy.

A Bill to provide for the establishment of Coal Regulatory Authority to regulate and conserve resources in the coal sector, protect the interests of consumers of coal and producers of coal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Nineteenth Report on "Allocation and Pricing of Gas". The Committee took evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas at their sittings held on 24.7.2013 and 20.08.2013.

Centre for Science and Environment organised a Stakeholder Dialogue on Improving Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Sri Lanka on December 10 in Colombo in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy, Sri Lanka.

The WTO’s Bali Ministerial Conference concluded a day later than scheduled on December 7, 2013, with agreement on a package of issues designed to streamline trade, allow developing countries more options for providing food security, boost least developed countries’ trade and help development more generally.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) recommendations in the draft regulations for 2014-19, if accepted, may bring down tariffs marginally across the country but will hurt central power companies and spell more financial trouble for state utilities. Tariff regulations are reviewed every five years.

Chhattisgarh Congress vidhan sabha election manifesto 2013. Highlights of the manifesto are: Farmers will be provided Rs 2000 per quintal for their paddy and of the total payment Rs 500 will be paid to woman members of their family.

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