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Rs 90,000 cr relief for DISCOMs will improve viability of sector: Union Po
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Power Minister RK Singh on Wednesday said that the government's announcement of Rs. 90,000 crore liquidity injection for DISCOMs will improve the viability of the power sector.
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Muted power demand growth to delay PLF recovery, discom dues on the rise:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised the power sector outlook to negative for FY21 from stable-to-negative on account of muted growth in electricity demand and rising discoms dues.
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100 more airports to be developed by 2024 to support Udaan scheme, announc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced during her Budget speech that 100 more airports would be developed by 2024 to support the Udaan scheme.
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Sitharaman proposes Rs 22,000 cr for power and renewable energy sector
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed Rs 22, 000 crore for the power and renewable energy sector in Budget 2020-21.
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Corporate tax cut a positive for power sector: ICRA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 30 (ANI): The recent announcement by the government to lower the corporate tax rate is a positive development for the power sector as it will allow power generators with cost-plus power purchase agreements (PPAs) to pass on lower tax benefit to power distribution utili
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Discoms obliged to provide unconditional LCs for power purchases: Power Mi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State (MoS) Independent Charge for Ministry of Power, has asked all distribution companies (discoms) to provide unconditional Letter of Credit for power purchases.
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Reduction in fixed charge tariff admission by Kejriwal govt of looting Del
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Hours after tariff rates were revised, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) working presidents -- Haroon Yusuf, Devender Yadav and Rajesh Lilothia - on Wednesday termed the reduction in power tariff as an admission by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
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All households to have electricity by March 31: Singh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): The government aims to complete electrification of all households across the country well before the March 31 deadline, R K Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) and Renewable Energy, said on Tuesday.
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Improving tariff competitiveness of solar PV energy favourable for discoms
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Credit rating body ICRA on Thursday stressed on the importance of enhancing tariff competitiveness of solar PV energy against both alternate renewable as well as conventional energy sources.
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Telangana CM to regularise contractual Discom workers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec.1 (ANI): In an effort to quell the strikes called by the contractual employees of Discom companies in Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday directed the officials to examine the possibilities of regularizing all outsourcing employees w
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Kejriwal's statement on discom penalty is incorrect, misleading, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): The office of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, on Monday refuted allegations of the Delhi government that it had cancelled AAP government order to make discoms pay compensation to consumers for unscheduled power cuts.
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