Asian Development Bank extends $175-million loan to Power Grid

April 2017

The Asian Development Bank has extended a $175-million loan to public sector undertaking Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)....

Tags: Asian Development Bank, PGCIL, Clean Technology Fund, Climate Investment Funds, ADB loan, Renewable energy sources

Skipper Ltd secures orders worth Rs 405 crore

March 2017

Skipper Limited, a renowned power transmission & distribution player, has announced new orders worth approximately Rs 405 crore in its Engineering Pr...

Tags: Skipper Limited, Renowned Power Transmission, Distribution, PGCIL, PTCUL, TSTRANSCO, TBCB, Sharan Bansal, Renewable energy generation project, Polymer Pipes, Fittings segment

Power Grid evinces interest to invest in Telangana

January 2017

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has evinced interest in investing in power transmission lines in Telangana. “PGCIL has expressed its...

Tags: PGCIL, Power transmission, State electricity department, K Chandrasekhar Rao, Power, North East West Grid

Tamil Nadu joins UDAY, ‘Power for All’ gets a boost

January 2017

The Ministry of Power has signed an MoU for Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) with Tamil Nadu in New Delhi, on 9 January, 2017. With the signing o...

Tags: Ministry of Power, MoU, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, 24x7 Power For All, EESL-led schemes, LED bulb programme, PPP, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Coal, MNRE, PGCIL, NTPC, BEE, EESL, REC

Power Grid must monetise transmission assets to unlock capital, says Goyal

January 2017

Power minister Piyush Goyal has urged Central electricity transmission utility Power Grid Corporation (PGCIL) and state transmission companies to ´un...

Tags: Piyush Goyal, Power, Central electricity transmission, PGCIL, Unlock Capital, Power Grid

‘Coal Mitra’ portal launched to facilitate flexibility in domestic coal utilisation

December 2016

Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, has launched ‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in u...

Tags: Power, Coal, Renewable Energy, Mines, Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Power, Green Energy Corridor II, Electricity Demand Pattern Analysis, PGCIL, Coal Mitra portal, Electricity, CEA, Independent Power Producers

Action Plan to electrify 24,400 route km in five years

December 2016

Indian Railways have prepared an Action Plan to electrify 24,400 route km in five years (2016-17 to 2020-21). Presently, the Central Organization for...

Tags: Indian Railways, Rail Vikas Nigam, Zonal Railways, CORE, PSU, PGCIL, IRCON, Solar Power, Electrification

Poised for Major Expansion

December 2016

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd (BWRL), an established player in the wire ropes manufacturing sector, reached yet another milestone in its 30 year sojourn - th...

Tags: Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd, Wire ropes manufacturing sector, R And D centres, BWRL, ML Mittal, Mayank Mittal, ISRO, PGCIL, Shipping Corporation of India, Oil And gas, Mining, Fishing, Ports, Marine, Elevator