For the first time, organic Kiwis from Arunachal Pradesh made its way to Delhi markets. The Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) has officially launched organic kiwis from the state in the Delhi market during a major event organized in the city. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) is also the […]
Coal India Ltd said the company is aiming at investing Rs 40,000-50,000 crore as capital expenditure in the next 4-5 years. The Rs 17,000-crore capex (capital expenditure) for the current fiscal is “on track”, CIL chairman Pramod Agrawal told investors. He also acknowledged that price revision is “inevitable” and this may happen soon. “We have […]
State-run power giant NTPC said its arm NTPC Renewable Energy has inked power purchase agreement and other project agreements with Indian Railways, Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar. “NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy company has signed a PPA (power purchase agreement) and other project agreements […]
Subsidiary of Coal India, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), is to set up a 50 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Odisha’s Sambalpur at a total cost of Rs 301.92 crore. This is a step towards achieving its goal of carbon neutrality by 2024. MCL has pledged a target of installing 182 MW of solar power […]
Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, rose by 3.36 per cent to 138.35 lakh hectare so far in the current rabi season from 133.84 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, according to the agriculture ministry. Rabi sowing begins from October while harvesting starts from March onwards. Besides wheat, gram and mustard are the […]
Coal India Ltd., the world’s largest producer of the fuel, said rising costs mean it’s “inevitable” that it will be forced to hike prices of supplies in long-term deals to protect profitability. The state-run company is facing pressure from high diesel prices and an increase in salaries of employees due retroactively from July. The higher costs threaten […]
Restrictions on scrap metal imports into China, Malaysia and other countries present a golden opportunity for recyclers in India. The global scrap and waste-handling industry has been in a state of disruption since 2017 when previous top scrap importer China announced a ban on most plastic, metal and paper scrap imports as part of a […]
Indian Oil Corporation’s Mathura refinery has received environmental clearance for projects to expand its crude processing capacity to 11 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). Currently, the Mathura Refinery has processing capacity of 8 mtpa. The refinery has been accorded environmental clearance for residue upgradation and distillate yield improvement project with 11 MMTPA crude processing, Mathura […]
The dispatch of coal to the power sector by state-owned CIL rose by 22.7 per cent to 291.72 million tonnes (MT) in the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year. Coal India Ltd (CIL) had dispatched 237.75 MT of coal to the power sector in April-October period of 2020-21, according to monthly summary for the Cabinet for October. […]
The government has set up a committee to work out measures needed to make natural gas available to power plants at “reasonably stable prices”, Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor said. India has 24,900 megawatts of gas-based power generation capacity. But of this, 14,305 MW is stranded due to the non-availability of reasonably priced gas. “We have […]
