Affected firms note practical problems in getting discoms, consumers to pay for costlier supply; viability shadow on investments
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss.
India has so far set up three projects - Tala, Chukha and Kurichu - in Bhutan under the Inter-governmental Agreement model.
Figures compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, under the commerce ministry, showed India's iron ore exports jumped a whopping 157 per cent to 121 million tonnes in 2012-13, compared with 47 million tonnes a year ago.
NTPC raises new demands, while CIL is not willing to yield
In an interview with Business Standard, CIL Chairman Singayapally Narsing Rao attributes the performance to volume growth but adds a decision on price hike will be taken at an appropriate time.
The move comes at a time when consumers are shunning high-quality coal, which has become costlier than prevailing market rates globally.
This comes against the backdrop of the capital expenditure of these companies rising a mere 1.7 per cent this year, though the projection at the beginning of the year was of six per cent growth.
The allocations followed two stages.
Vanitha Narayanan's appointment comes at a time when the IT sector in the country is grappling with the after effects of the slowdown and is weighed by an uncertain economic environment and spending cuts.
After spending 20 years at HCL Technologies and heading various service lines, Anant Gupta on Thursday assumed the role of president and chief executive officer.
To float SPV, levy user charge on consumers to cover investment cost.
After GMR Infrastructure pulled out of the Ahmedabad-Kishangarh highway project, there were reports that delays in getting green clearance was one of the reasons behind the infrastructure firm's decision.
Even as the number of internet users continues to rise and the government increasingly seeks to offer citizen-centric services through the internet, data show about half the government departments and ministries in India are vulnerable to data theft, hacking and cyber terrorism.
Data says 774 government websites have reportedly been hacked in the last five years, reports Piyali Mandal.
Government will give financial incentives to private companies to set up manufacturing units in India.
The move will help to curb the grey market for sub-standard electronics products.
The steepest hike is in poll-bound Gujarat. Agricultural tariff in the state grew 47.2 per cent.
Lack of clarity over long-term commitments by states for buying RE acting as a dampener.
Deals shrink to $396 million this year, compared to $793 million in 2011.
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