The Ministry of Railways granted in-principle approval for the Nagpur-Nagbhid railway gauge conversion project on July 9, 2019. The project involves conversion of the 106 km long Nagpur-Nagbhid narrow gauge railway line in Maharashtra into […]
The Kerala cabinet granted approval for the implementation of the Kerala semi-high speed rail corridor project on August 7, 2019. The project, which is being implemented by Kerala Railway Development Corporation Limited, involves the construction […]
The Modern Coach Factory (MCF), in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, has created a new record by manufacturing a total of 554 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches in the first four months of the current financial […]
The government has approved the proposal to increase the train speed on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes to 160 kmph, reducing travel time by three and a half hours and five hours respectively. While, the […]
Indian Railways is working with Bangladesh towards increasing the frequency of two trains – Maitree Express and Bandhan Express – that run between the two countries. While the Maitree Express, which was launched in 2008, […]
The CCEA approved three railway line projects in Assam and Uttar Pradesh on July 17, 2019. These are the New Bongaigaon-Agothri line doubling project, the Allahabad-Mughalsarai third rail line project and the Sahajanwa-Dohrighat new rail […]
Sterlite Power has won two interstate power transmission projects worth over Rs 30 billion under TBCB. One of the projects is the Udupi-Kasargode project which will decongest the interstate transmission system corridor and facilitate smoother power […]
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified the new electricity tariffs for 2019-20, significantly reducing the fixed charges while increasing the energy charges. Further, in order to promote electric vehicles (EVs), the tariff for charging […]
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has successfully completed the installation of over 500,000 smart meters in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, under the Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP). The […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has secured two projects under tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) to set up transmission infrastructure. The company will set up the transmission system for providing connectivity to renewable energy […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved NHPC Limited’s 2,880 MW Dibang multi-purpose project in Arunachal Pradesh. The CCEA approved the expenditure of Rs 16 billion on pre-investment activities and granted various clearances […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has introduced the “Trust Retention Account” (TRA) for certain stressed power plants to utilise their surplus after meeting operating expenses for servicing debt. As per the MoP’s order, in case […]
An MoU has been signed between the governments of India and the Maldives for initiating passenger and cargo services. The objective of the MoU is to improve people contact between the two countries by providing […]
An Indian inland waterways vessel carrying cargo from Bhutan arrived at Bangladesh through India via the Brahmaputra river. The IWAI’s vessel, MV AAI, made the maiden voyage from Dhubri in Assam to Narayanganj in Bangladesh, […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) flagged off the country’s largest containerised cargo shipment on inland waterways via National Waterway (NW)-1. The vessel, MV Bhavya, carrying 52 twenty-foot equivalent units of edible oil was […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) flagged off the country’s largest containerised cargo shipment on inland waterways via National Waterway (NW)-1. The vessel, MV Bhavya, carrying 52 twenty-foot equivalent units of edible oil was […]
As of June 30, 2019, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,407 vessels of 12.72 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.3 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 952 were coastal vessels […]
Gateway Rail Freight Limited has commenced export-import operations at its Viramgam ICD located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with effect from July 26, 2019. Following this, the maiden export train was flagged off from the Viramgam ICD […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House (JNCH) has removed the charges on late presentation of bill of entry for consignments with entry inward dates between July 8, 2019 and July 9, 2019, and bill of entry […]
JNPT has signed an MoU with all the terminals at the port for a new inter-terminal rail handling operation (ITRHO) agreement, effective from August 1, 2019. The ITRHO agreement aims to maximise train placement and […]
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