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9th meeting of India-Nepal JSC, JWG on power sector cooperation concludes
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 25 (ANI): The 9th meeting of India-Nepal Joint Working Group (Joint Secretary level) and Joint Steering Committee (Secretary level) on bilateral power sector cooperation has concluded in Kathmandu.
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Pakistan's economy bears additional burden from circular debt of power sec
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 12 (ANI): The Imran Khan government like its predecessors has not been able to stop Pakistan's power sector from continuously bleeding cash as the country's circular debt of the power sector has been gathering girth since 2007, and to date, all the regimes t
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CIL taking steps to increase coal supply to non-power sector
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Coal India Limited (CIL) has sufficient buffer stock and is making efforts to increase coal supply to the non-power sector in view of the increased demand, the Ministry of Coal said on Saturday.
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Pakistan: Power sector circular debt surges to Rs 2.47 trillion
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 11 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has broken all previous records as the power sector circular debt during its regime reached the highest level of Rs 2,476 billion in the history of the country, local media reported.
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States committing to Power sector reforms incentivised by increased market
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Ministry of Finance, Government of India, had launched a programme in June 2021 to allow additional borrowing space to State Governments, which is conditional on the undertaking and sustaining specific reforms in the power sector, said the Ministry of Pow
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Power sector reforms are inevitable, says Jammu Divisional Commissioner as
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 19 (ANI): Power sector reforms are inevitable, as the Centre has directed the administration to ensure the same, said Divisional Commissioner Jammu Raghav Langer on Sunday, even as the Power Development Dept (PDD) employees went on an indefinite st
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Centre mulls delicensing power distribution, bringing multiple DISCOMs in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): With the aim to facilitate consumers with alternative choices, the Centre proposed to delicense electricity distribution to reduce entry barriers in the power sector enabling multiple distribution companies to operate in the same area of supply.
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], November 26 (ANI): Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, according to Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Equity benchmark indices close in green, Sensex up by 198 points
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI): Indian equity market closed in green on Tuesday as the metal and power sector shares gained.
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World Bank and Asian Development Bank launches 'WePOWER India Partnership
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): The WePOWER India Partnership Forum, held through a virtual platform on November 9, 2021, launched the efforts to scale up the South Asia Women in Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER) in India.
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Power sector white paper linked to future of people of state: Punjab Minis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 11 (ANI): Punjab Sports Minister Pargat Singh has said that white paper on the power sector tabled by state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday in the state assembly was "a matter of public interest" and the brunt of actions taken in the pa
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Power Ministry mandates energy accounting of DISCOMs to reduce electricity
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): As an important step under the ongoing power sector reforms, the Ministry of Power on Monday mandated electricity distribution companies to undertake energy accounting on a periodic basis.
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