Power Ministry releases Rs 1,094 crore for J and K schemes

February 2017

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal has sanctioned Rs 1094.10 crore for augmentation and strengthening of electricity supply in Jammu and Kashmir under...

Tags: Piyush Goyal, UCs, Union Ministry, IPDS, Dr Nirmal Singh, Power Ministry

HCC to build longest cable stayed bridge for Railways in J and K

February 2017

Infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged a contract of Rs 368.6 crore from IRCON International for building the longest c...

Tags: Infrastructure, Hindustan Construction Company, Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, Anji Khad

HCC to build longest cable stayed bridge for Indian Railways

January 2017

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged a contract worth Rs 368.6 crore from IRCON International for building the longest cable stayed bridge...

Tags: Hindustan Construction Company, IRCON International, Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, Anji Khad, IRCON

Rattle Power Project Reviewed

December 2016

Law Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Haq Khan convened a meeting of officers to discuss the legal course of action with regard to construction of ...

Tags: Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Haq Khan, Rattle Hydro Electric Power Project, Construction

Centre approves Rs 8,054 cr to strengthen power infra in J&K

October 2016

Jammu and Kashmir has received Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal’s nod nod to a grant of Rs 8054 crore for strengthening Transmission and Distributio...

Tags: Jammu and Kashmir, Piyush Goyal, Power Force All, Transmission, Distribution components, Deloite, Union Ministry of Power, PMDP, Power For All

Most complex tax regime by far

October 2016

The macroeconomic aspects of GST haven´t been taken into account. If the government says that it will collect more revenue, then that means that pric...

Tags: Arun Kumar, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Jawaharlal Nehru University, GST, RNR, GDP growth, Gujarat, Jammu And Kashmir, Arvind Subramanian Committee, NIPFP, Wholesale Price Index, CGST, IGST, SGST, Infrastructure

Major allotment for J&K

July 2016

The Centre has allotted an amount of about Rs 11400 crore under the Prime Minister's Relief and Reconstruction Programme (PMRR) for the power sector ...

Tags: PMRR, Power sector, DPRs, Hydel projects, Hydro electric projects, Capital cities, Khonmoh, Lassipora, Samba, Kathua, Tourist destinations

J&K to upgrade power infrastructure

July 2016

An amount of Rs 1,060 crore has been sanctioned by the Centre under two centrally-sponsored schemes to upgrade power infrastructure in Jammu and Kash...

Tags: Centre, IPDS, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Power infrastructure