Govt hopes to add 0.21 mn Mw capacity by 2022, against 0.25 mn Mw added over 60 years.
As mostly sports-mad Mongolians cheer on the country's two medalists at the Rio Olympic Games, deepening economic troubles at home mean the new government cannot afford to pay its athletes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said re-developed railway stations would become iconic structures and centres of economic activity.
Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Sanjay Paswan had on Monday had walked barefoot on a 15-feet stretch of smouldering coal as part of a faith healing ritual.
The meeting was about capex, and as the country is on the growth path, the companies were advised to increase capex, NLC India Chairman and Managing Director S K Acharya said after the meeting.
Centre shows optimism of achieving the target of 4.1% at back of recent measures and turn around in manufacturing.
There is a proposal to term forests as areas so notified and not include plantations on private land.
The lowest bid earlier had come for Madhya Pradesh at Rs 5.05/unit.
The growth of eight core sectors slowed down to 2.6 per cent in August mainly due to contraction in steel output.
Shibu Soren has taken risks all his life, and reaped rewards. But it seems he may soon run out of luck.
The Centre will soon announce a power tariff policy to ensure that states have a uniform approach towards fixing electricity tariff, Power Secretary R V Shahi said on Tuesday.\n\n\n\n
A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us".
Growth in output of coal, cement and electricity slowed to 0.3%.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected an annual output growth of 3.5 per cent for the month.
The list is of companies declared sick as on March 31, 2014.
The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820 crore during the current financial year (FY17).
Low growth in coal and petroleum refinery products during November, led to marginal decline in overall growth of the six infrastructure industries to 3.4 per cent compared to four per cent in the corresponding period last year.
'Those who have seen the functioning of the Modi government in Gujarat know that the issues related to Hindutva and issues of economy and growth function simultaneously.' 'Modi's politics are based on the understanding of the middle-class consumer society which is in pursuit of material aspirations.' Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reveals the Modi government's economic and political plans for the year ahead.
The target is called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
Almost every home in this area has a slogan 'Jal, Jangal, Jameen' painted outside. Rashme Sehgal reports for Rediff.com on the four-year battle to save the Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh.
India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia.
Contraction in exports continued for the 12th month in a row in November as outward shipments shrank 24.43 per cent to $ 20.01 billion amid a global demand slowdown.
This was Kim's first visit abroad as North Korea's leader and came ahead of his planned summit with Donald J Trump.
In the Sensex kitty on Wednesday, Tata Motors emerged as the top loser falling 3.01 per cent, followed by Vedanta shedding 2.92 per cent. Other laggards include HUL, Kotak Bank, NTPC, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hero MotoCorp, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and PowerGrid, falling up to 1.77 per cent.
Most of the projects face hurdles such as delay in approvals and lack of coordination between state governments and the railways.
Offloading shares in ONGC, CIL, NHPC may fetch govt more than the year's target.
The House witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session as proceedings continued to be disrupted by a slogan- shouting opposition members, particularly, the Congress
On the revenue front, the finance ministry was expecting higher proceeds from non-tax revenue.
The Centre has, however, retained its proposal to curb flash strikes as workers in all factories will be required to give employers a strike notice of at least two weeks after the Bill becomes a law.
ONGC is the country's most profitable PSU.
Barack Obama, who will be the first US president to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, will have a loaded itinerary with engagements ranging from political to economic and academic during his three-day trip beginning Sunday that will culminate with a visit to iconic Taj Mahal.
We have only rationalised the freight rates, says the minister.
Arun Jaitley will aim for jumps in other revenue streams for the government.
At the bank's current market price, the stake on offer is worth about Rs 5,700 crore
Oil explorer ONGC again emerged as the highest profit-making PSU of the country during 2012-13 while telecom major BSNL turned out to be the biggest loss-making enterprise, says the Economic Survey.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a meeting with ministers of state with independent charge
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