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Reiterating the government’s commitment to providing 24×7 power supply by March 2019, the power minister, in a recent announcement, stated that appropriate legislation will be enacted to penalise discoms if they indulge in unjustified load […]
NTPC Limited, the country’s largest power generation company, listed its $6 billion (Rs 400 billion) medium-term note (MTN) programme on the India International Exchange (India INX) at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat […]
In November 2017, state-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) raised $400 million through its maiden green bond issue. The company listed its 10-year Reg S Green Bond on the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) International Securities Market […]
The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) was launched on September 25, 2017, with the aim of providing electricity to every willing household in rural and urban areas by March 2019. The scheme […]
With the objective of facilitating faster adoption of electric mobility (e-mobility), Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has initiated a programme which envisages the replacement of existing government vehicles with electric vehicles (EVs). The company aims […]
In one of the largest takeovers in the power sector in recent years, Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) will acquire Reliance Infrastructure Limited’s (RInfra) integrated power business in Mumbai. This is the second deal between the […]
India’s commitment to its climate goals is reflected by the notable actions being taken for transition to a low-carbon economy. After announcing massive renewable energy targets, the country has set yet another ambitious target – […]
India jumped 30 places to reach the 100th rank for the first time in the ease of doing business rankings, as per the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report. The annual exercise, which was carried […]
After a period of slow growth, the Indian meter market is now witnessing a shift in demand and technology. It is upbeat about the revival of demand backed by various government schemes such as the […]
In order to fulfil the target of “Power for All” by March 2019, the prime minister announced the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yo-jana, also known as “Saubhagya”, on September 25, 2017. The scheme […]
The Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) was launched by the government in 2015 with the aim of providing a permanent solution to the problem of deteriorating discom finances. About 86 per cent of the scheduled […]
Ever since the Electricity Act, 2003 was enacted, open access in the power sector has been a frequently debated topic. Section 42 of the act allows non-discriminatory open access, but in reality, its implementation is […]
The government’s policy think tank, the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, released the draft version of the National Energy Policy (NEP) on June 27, 2017. Broadly, the NEP is expected to […]
One of the long-standing wishes of the power industry has been to make the distribution segment self-sustainable by streamlining subsidies and introducing a direct benefit transfer (DBT) mechanism. Rightly so, the total subsidy dependence of the […]
There have been a number of noteworthy developments in the power sector in the past twelve months. Policies and programames in the generation segment such as the new coal linkage policy — the Scheme to […]
Growth momentum in the Indian power sector continues to gather pace in response to policy initiatives by the central government. The generation segment has witnessed record capacity additions, with renewables taking the lead in recent […]
With climate change being a global concern, the adoption of renewable energy has accelerated across the world in recent years, and India has been no exception. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for […]
Coal and renewables must be the joint focus of policy, says Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, as the country’s growing focus on renewables will result in a significant part of […]
That the power sector has shown a reasonably good performance in the past year in terms of robust capacity additions, declining peak shortages, improvements under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), and brisk progress in […]
Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.34 per cent to reach 1,154,524 MUs in 2016-17 from 722,626 MUs in 2007-08. Thermal generation accounted for 86 per cent of the total in 2016-17, […]
