Core concerns in 5 villages that cover India's largest power plant.
The study was commissioned by the Forum of Indian Regulators -- a body which is open to all regulators but currently dominated by power regulators.
At present, irrespective of the pattern of consumption, all consumers have to pay a flat rate for the electricity used.
The government has received 745 applications from a variety of companies for 15 power-project-linked coal blocks with estimated reserves of 3.6 billion tonnes, which can support power generation of 18,000 Mw.
After filing their objections against the Air India-Indian Airlines merger with the corporate affairs ministry on August 31, the unions of Indian Airlines are now planning to take the matter to court.
Thursday's flooding of the National Informatics Centre rendered most of the Indian government websites with the domain address 'nic.in' -- including the Prime Minister's and President's websites -- inaccessible.
Indian Energy Exchange Ltd, a joint venture of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd and Multi Commodity Exchange, could be just one step away from getting approval to set up the country's first power exchange.
CCI is India's competition regulator. The undertaking will be a part of the CCI's proposed 'competition compliance' programme.
Countrywide AT&C losses have increased to 34.54 per cent in 2005-06 from 34.33 per cent in 2004-05, mainly due to an increase in AT&C losses in the western region from 34.58 per cent to 36.88 per cent.
Among the companies that have shown interest in NTC are Abhishek Industries, Alps Industries, Falcon Tyres, Alok Industries and Nitco.
Wind power: Zero emission its strength, low plant load factor a weakness, say experts.
The government is likely to accord special economic zone status to the proposed mega food parks that come up during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12).
All directors on the board of companies will mandatorily need a director identification number from July 1. The number is also mandatory for e-filing of various returns and documents.
A decline in exports, which is a distinct possibility at the moment, would affect employment in the sector and even lead to a loss of existing jobs.
The laying of gas pipeline to feed the 2,150-Mw Dabhol power plant owned by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd has been delayed again.
To give a new thrust to the National Highway Development Programme, the government has decided to pump in Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) for six-laning of 3,000 km highways under phase-V of the programme in 2007-08.
The central government has set itself a tight deadline of July this year for completing a series of reforms in the civil aviation sector.
With the opening up of the US and Japanese markets, the Indian mango industry expects Australia and New Zealand, the only two countries which still ban the fruit, to lift import restrictions soon.
The ministry of company affairs, now known as the ministry of corporate affairs, plans to set up an Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. Apart from training officials, the institute will also work as a think-tank for the ministry.
To help students pursuing higher education, the government plans o set up a higher education finance corporation.
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