Renewable Energy Sector in India may miss target 2 years in a row...

  The country’s renewable energy sector is likely to miss its capacity addition target for the second year in a row. As against the annual target of 4,325 MW, only 1,922 MW has been achieved during the first nine months of the current fiscal, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. However, amid concern over slow progress,...

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With CCI approval, Coal India on track to boost output by 50%...

  India’s rising coal imports, increasingly a reason for the country’s wide trade and current account deficits, may be reined in considerably in the next few years, report Raj Kumar Ray and Aftab Ahmed in New Delhi. With the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) approval in hand, the railways is set to complete work on three rail...

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11 TN Hydro Power Dams to Get New Lease of Life Under WB Project...

  Eleven hydro power dams in the Tamil Nadu State would get a new lease of life under the first phase of the Rs. 745.49-crore World Bank project, a senior official from the Water Resources Organisation (WRO) said. The official told that 104 of the 127 dams, including 38 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board dams generating hydro-power, would...

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