The move comes at a time when IL&FS Energy has joined hands with SB Energy
Of the 170 million rural households in the country, a government website claims to have connected 82 per cent of them. The metered households are 50 per cent of the total. As on February, 2018, of the 780,000 villages to be intensively electrified or provide connection to all in households, 493,000 have been covered. However, the amount and quality of the power supply cannot be ascertained from this data. No clause in any of the rural electrification programmes promises 24 hours' power supply.
Northern and western states had the highest power demand, with Uttar Pradesh sourcing 19,082 Mw, Delhi 6,029 Mw, Rajasthan 10,395 Mw, Gujarat 16,825 Mw, and Maharashtra 23,609 Mw.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
IndiGo and other airlines have said they are improving their staff training, looking at better ways of communication and customer awareness on operational matters.
It is likely the airports - Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati - will be bid out for 30 years and the tariffs will be fixed upfront.
The IPL uses this system for players' auction.
Corporate ministry documents show that the Siva's firm kept taking loans from public sector banks like State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank which gradually turned to bad loans.
Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge
Aditya Ghosh, with no prior aviation background or MBA degree, managed not only to become the CEO of an airline but even piloted it to the top with almost half of the market.
Air India buyer has to take over interest-bearing debt of Rs 16,500 crore a large portion of which is aircraft related, meaning they are backed by aircraft value
Government officials say a shareholding structure has been mandated to discourage non-serious bidders from accessing Air India's data room
The next step is the charter, which aims to safeguard consumer rights and address criticism about the government not doing enough for passengers.
This is a setback for the divestment process of Air India as no other Indian airline has the capability to fund the process
According to preliminary information memorandum, Air India's new owner will be asked to list the company in some time
'When Pinnacle Trust bought the stake of Supreme Energy, it included a liability of Rs 640 million. The purchase was at a fair market value (prevailing price) of Rs 8.80 per share,' Deepak Kochhar said in a telephonic conversation with Business Standard.
The government is betting on the fact that it will be conducive for the new owner to give voluntary retirement scheme
If the government is asking a maximum price for Air India but asks to keep old personnel, it will not match.
'We are making a transition from governance to campaign mode.' 'The speed of execution is picking up,' says Union Minister Jayant Sinha.
Grounded Indian planes will be up in air by end of April says company president
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