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Rajesh Kumar Singh

The writer is Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Rajesh Kumar Singh

EFTA governments have committed to promoting investments, and facilitating job creation (as a result of such investment), as well as cooperating on technology collaboration between EFTA and India

Updated On: 22 Mar 2024 | 11:44 PM IST

Most reports fail to grasp the progressive benefits of the scheme

Updated On: 19 Jun 2023 | 10:31 PM IST

Smoke from the burning of crop stubble lingers over most of north India for weeks during the cold months of November and December, with air quality deteriorating to hazardous levels in several areas

Updated On: 14 Dec 2022 | 7:03 AM IST

The project will connect solar plants in the sun-drenched deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat and wind farms in Tamil Nadu to the national network

Updated On: 08 Dec 2022 | 2:10 PM IST

The state-run company aims to install 20 to 30 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2040

Updated On: 08 Dec 2022 | 11:50 AM IST

The state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India is seeking bids from solar manufacturers for 195 billion rupees of financial incentives, according to documents published on the agency's website

Updated On: 22 Nov 2022 | 8:17 PM IST

Worried over rival China's dominance in lithium, the nation is in talks with countries including Australia to secure supplies of the battery metal, he said

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 12:07 AM IST

The world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases will add nearly 56 gigawatts of coal power capacity unless there's a substantial drop in the cost of storing electricity

Updated On: 23 Sep 2022 | 5:06 PM IST

Stockpiles of the fossil fuel at power plants have fallen about 11% since mid-August, meaning utilities have an average of 10 days supply, well below required levels of more than three weeks

Updated On: 09 Sep 2022 | 1:32 PM IST

Adani Power Ltd. will commission a 1.6 gigawatt facility in Jharkhand state and a dedicated transmission line for the exports by Dec. 16, Adani said in a Twitter post late on Monday

Updated On: 06 Sep 2022 | 3:09 PM IST

A venture between NTPC Ltd. and India's monopoly nuclear developer is in advanced talks with the government to develop two 700-megawatt reactors in the central state of Madhya Pradesh

Updated On: 24 Aug 2022 | 8:13 AM IST

India's government is studying a slower retirement of aging coal-fired power plants as it also adds newer sites, a move that would keep fossil fuel capacity higher for years

Updated On: 18 Aug 2022 | 8:23 AM IST

ReNew joins several Indian companies tapping the prospects in green hydrogen, which is considered crucial to decarbonise hard-to-abate heavy industries

Updated On: 29 Jul 2022 | 12:52 AM IST

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder to build the 1,320 megawatt project in the eastern state of Odisha

Updated On: 19 Jul 2022 | 11:58 PM IST

As part of the push, Reliance Industries also plans to bid for any production-linked incentives the government may offer to encourage the technology

Updated On: 23 Jun 2022 | 8:59 AM IST

Coal supplies at power plants are shrinking amid a grueling heat wave that's pushed electricity demand to a record in recent weeks

Updated On: 12 May 2022 | 1:32 AM IST

India has canceled some passenger trains to allow for faster movement of coal carriages as the nation scrambles to replenish depleting inventories at power plants\

Updated On: 28 Apr 2022 | 8:22 PM IST

A surge in demand for electricity has prompted states including Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in the north and Andhra Pradesh in the south to cut off supply

Updated On: 21 Apr 2022 | 4:01 PM IST

Coal India is restricting deliveries to industrial consumers to prioritise power plants, with fuel stockpiles already below target levels and the country heading into a traditional summer demand peak

Updated On: 06 Apr 2022 | 12:20 AM IST

Damodar Valley Corp is examining a proposal from the private firm for supplying 1 million tons to its power plants.

Updated On: 06 Jan 2022 | 1:37 AM IST