India's growth estimates, which were to the north of 8 per cent or even 9 per cent at the beginning of the year, have come down to between 6.8 per cent and 7 per cent, because global growth has slowed down and monetary tightening is still underway in the developed world, the CEA said.

New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Power and Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated a workshop on " Resource Adequacy- Need and way forward" organized by the Central Electricity Authority in New Delhi on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The government is making sustained efforts to enhance coal production and supply of coal to thermal power plants, Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Monday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers, former Finance Minister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday. Chidambaram took the swipe at FM Sitharaman after she had... The post appeared first on .

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers, former Finance Minister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday. Chidambaram took the swipe at FM Sitharaman after she had... The post appeared first on .

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers, former Finance Minister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday. Chidambaram took the swipe at FM Sitharaman after she had... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Despite the downward revisions, India remains the fastest growing economy in the world, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Power Ministry on Sunday directed the Central Electricity Authority of India to determine the eligible quantity of domestic coal for the power plants using coal under Shakti B(viii) (a) taking into account 10 per cent imported coal for blending which is equivalent to about 15 per cent of domestic coal in energy terms.

New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Power Ministry on Sunday directed the Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA) to compute the quantity of the coal consumed, that was procured under SHAKTI B policy mandating blending of 10 per cent by weight for the power generation from June 15 to March 31, 2023.

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Union Power Minister R K Singh on Monday met Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to discuss higher availability of rakes for the power sector for increasing coal supply to thermal plants amid rising electricity demand in the country Thermal power plants especially those far from coal mines are grappling with low coal stocks even as power demand has surged due to soaring temperatures The power ministry in a statement said that R K Singh and Vaishnaw held a meeting to discuss short-term and long-term strategies for dealing with increasing power demand The ministers also discussed increasing operational efficiency for loading and unloading of coal increasing percentage of rakes allotment for the power sector and other logistics issues the release said Power Secretary Alok Kumar Coal Secretary AK Jain and senior officials from the Ministry of Power Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Railways were also present during the meeting Singh urged the power generation companies to own freight rakes under the scheme of the Ministry of Railways to deal with logistic constraints in coal supply According to the Central Electricity Authority CEA coal stocks were 26 per cent of the normative levels at 155 non-pithead thermal power plants with a total generation capacity of about 163 GW from Monday April 18 to Thursday April 21 At the same time the demand has shot up by 30GW or over 17 per cent due to the early onset of summer According to the latest data of the national grid operator Power System Operation Corporation the peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day was around 197GW while the peak shortage of electricity was 6 GW on Friday April 22 2022 Several industry bodies have sought Prime Minister Narendra Modis intervention stating that industries are compelled to purchase power from exchanges at higher rates due to coal shortage to run their captive thermal plants Coal Secretary A K Jain has attributed the low coal stocks at power plants to several factors such as heightened power demand due to the boom in the economy post-COVID-19 early arrival of summer rise in the price of gas and imported coal and sharp fall in electricity generation by coastal thermal power plants PTI ABI MR MR