Govt to re-auction 37 mineral blocks by December

October 2016

The governemnt is planning to re-acution 37 mineral blocks in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand by December th...

Tags: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mines, Balvinder Kumar, Non-coal mines

Slow progress of auctioned blocks worries ministry

October 2016

The Union Mines Ministry has expressed displeasure over the unimpressive progress of mineral blocks auctioned by states, reports the Business Standar...

Tags: Union Mines Ministry, Balvinder Kumar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Seven mineral blocks

State inks 5 MoUs

October 2016

In a major development on industrial front, the Chhattisgarh Government has signed five MoUs worth Rs 3,401 crore with leading private companies to s...

Tags: Government of Chhattisgarh, MoU, solar PV panels, Baloda Bazar, Lenko Solar Energy, RR Ispat

UltraTech Cement wins two coal linkages

September 2016

UltraTech Cement has hit fresh high at Rs 3,739, up 1.4 per cent in an otherwise subdued market, after the cement maker announced that it won two coa...

Tags: UltraTech Cement, SCDG, Cement maker, Dipka Mines, Coal linkages

BHEL commissions 500 MW

September 2016

BHEL has commissioned the second 500 MW thermal unit at Marwa Thermal Power Station in Chhattisgarh, set up by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co...

Tags: BHEL, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, Electricals, Auxiliaries

New port on Mahanadi waters

September 2016

In times of confrontation over sharing of Mahanadi waters between Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the state government is set to construct a riverine port o...

Tags: Mahanadi waters, Riverine port, Port project, Odisha

Jindal Steel secures coal for Chhattisgarh plant

September 2016

Jindal Steel and Power has said that it has secured coal supply of 1.18 million tonnes per year (MTPA) for five years for its 540 + 134 MW captive po...

Tags: Jindal Steel, Power, Captive Power Generation Plants, Coal, Fuel security

9,653 villages electrified till date under DDUGJY

August 2016

A total of 327 villages have been electrified across the country from 1st to 7th August 2016 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY)...

Tags: DDUGJY, Narendra Modi, Electrification, Gram Vidyut Abhiyanta, Discom