The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set the ball rolling for issuance of municipal bonds worth Rs 500 crore, seeking to fund two important projects, officials said today. The Standing Committee of the SDMC cleared the proposal after which it now awaits nod from the House. “Once the House gives its approval, it will be […]
Parts of the national capital will now enjoy free Wi-Fi and high-speed broadband as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a slew of “smart city” projects on Monday. During the inauguration at the Charkha Park in Connaught Place, Singh said that the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), by successfully launching the smart city initiative, has […]
Looking into recent stay order by Odisha High court and uproar in the solar industry, Ministry of Finance has issued a new instruction on the implementation of safeguard duty. The ministry said that the government has decided not to insist on payment of safeguard duty for the time being. Finance Ministry notes that the […]
The Madras High Court has reportedly allowed Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure to collect its delivery of panels from overseas released by customs officials without paying the safeguard duty. According to ET the company has been asked to execute a bond for the amount due and will have to pay the duty if the notification imposing the […]
Community-based NGO Himalayan Research Group has won the Himachal Pradesh State Innovation Award for 2016-17 for developing a cost-effective mountain solar water heating system. Locally called solar ‘hamam’, it will drastically reduce fuelwood requirement by making clean energy available at an affordable cost to rural households in harsh weather conditions. The award will be presented […]
Crisil in a report published in Mint said it expected an additional 56-58GW of solar capacity addition between FY19 and FY23. Currently, India has a capacity to generate 21.65 GW of solar power. 7.3 GW is under construction, based on already allocated schemes, another 1.7 GW is expected to be tendered and allocated over […]
The installation process for solar panels on all buildings of Nashik Municipal Corporation will start in few days says a report. According to ET, tender for solar panels have been approved, the letter of award has been issued to the contractor and in a few days, the work order will be issued. Solar panels will […]
Kissht has announced their tie-up with Luminous Power Technologies Pvt Ltd, to provide easy finance and EMI offers to its online customers. Luminous Power Technologies is one of the India’s leading power & home electrical specialist with a vast portfolio comprising of Power back up solutions such as Home UPS, Batteries and Solar Applications to Electrical offerings […]
R.K Singh Minister of State (I/C) for New and Renewable Energy and Power informed the Lok Sabha that In February 2018, an Expert Committee under the chairpersonship of Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, with representatives from relevant Ministries, industry associations, research institutions and experts was constituted by the Ministry of New & Renewable […]
R.K Singh Union Minister for State (I/C) Power and New and Renewable Resources informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the Central Government in the proposed draft amendments to the National tariff policy, 2016 has included the provision for imposition of penalties on the Distribution companies for power cuts other than force majeure conditions or […]
