Seeking to wash his hands off the Adarsh scam, Union Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday told a judicial panel the decision to allot government land and grant of additional Floor Space Index to the housing society was taken during the tenure of Vilasrao Deshmukh as the chief minister of Maharashtra.
Shinde was the chief minister of Maharashtra from 2001 to 2003 when he cleared many files including allotment of land to Adarsh.
Renu Mittal profiles Sushil Kumar Shinde, his rise from a police sub-inspector to holding many important posts -- governor, chief minister, power minister and finally, home minister.
The country faces power shortage to the tune of 70,000 MW, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
With a little bit of jugglery, the government will be able to meet its Eleventh Plan target of adding 78,000 Mw capacity -- more than the total capacity addition achieved in the last three Plans -- despite slippages in some of the projects.
BJP MP and coal crusader Hansraj Ahir blames Shinde for give permission for 45 power plants in Chandrapur in Maharashtra.
Annual event being organised by FICCI focuses on the investment potential offered by India's infrastructure sector.
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in Solapur on Sunday that if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted him to be a mediator and talk to social activist Anna Hazare, he was willing.
Stating that the government had done a lot of 'introspection' into what was ailing the power sector, the Shinde said many corrective steps were taken to put things back on track.
ADAG group company Reliance Energy Ltd is the second-lowest bidder for the Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) project, after Lanco. However, with the Lanco bid becoming invalid, REL could claim to be the lowest bidder.
Unexpected discovery of huge coal reserves beneath NTPC's Karanpura plant site has led to a stand-off between the coal and power ministries.
The power tariff will rise by Re 1 a unit due to hike in gas prices, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power said.
Indian Railways on Tuesday entered into a joint venture agreement with the NTPC for setting up 1000 MW captive power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar, a move that can help the exchequer save Rs 400-600 crore (Rs 4-6 billion) annually on power purchase from state electricity boards.
A day after changes in their portfolios, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde took charge of their respective ministries.
Dissident leader Nabam Tuki was on Tuesday chosen as the new Congress Legislature Party leader in Arunachal Pradesh, signaling the end of the political drama that culminated in the resignation of Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin. The decision to choose Tuki was taken by the Congress high command. The swearing-in of Tuki, who led the revolt against Gamlin's leadership for his alleged 'authoritarian rule', as the new chief minister is likely to take place later in the day.
With the Monsoon Session of Parliament set to begin on April 8, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has been nominated as the leader of the house in the Lok Sabha. He comes in place of President Pranab Mukherjee, who resigned when he contested the presidential election.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday took potshots at the elevation of Sushil Kumar Shinde to the home ministry from power soon after the multiple electricity grid failure and said P Chidambaram should not have been given finance portfolio because of the Aircel-Maxis deal controversy.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance would once again form the government at the Centre and refuted claims that the country had been swept up in a Modi wave.
You will now have to pay more for electricity, piped cooking gas, and taxi, autorickshaw and bus fares because of the hike in gas prices.
The inquiry commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam has issued summons to former Maharashtra chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan to appear before it as witnesses. The two-member commission, which summoned Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde last week, issued summons to Deshmukh, presently Union minister for rural development, and Chavan.Chavan had to step down as the state chief minister last year following the Adarsh controversy.
The more things change, the more they remain the same! That certainly appears to be the dictum by which the Congress party and its leadership lives and works.
The ministries of coal and environment and forests are currently in the temporary charge of the prime minister and all the indications are that the current power minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, might be moved to Maharashtra as chief minister, creating a vacancy, top sources in the government said.
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, the government was working on a target of bringing electricity to all villages in the next two years.
Government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday there was no proposal to sell the Dabhol power plant.
"We have already added about 10,460 MW by now (April- February) and hope to exceed 15,000 MW by the end of this (fiscal) year. This will be the highest capacity addition in any year," Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said.
However, Dr Singh made it clear that he had no idea who floated the three names and under whose directive.
He said efforts were on to increase the capacity and negotiations for agreement with the US were going on.
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said state-owned hydro-electric giant NHPC will come out with its initial public offering (IPO) within two months.
The controversial 2,400 MW Tehri hydel project has cleared one more hurdle after the Centre announced a fresh package of Rs 149 crore for the rehabilitation of the displaced people.
Late on Friday evening, union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Jairam Ramesh met in the office of the former and cancelled the Rs 3000 crore Loharibag Pala Hydroelectric power project which had been cleared by the group of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee. 600 crore had already been spent on the project.
With the completion of the US-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, India's Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that India is open for business and American companies can avail themselves of the opportunities by contacting the Indian embassy or the consulates across the country for the necessary guidance.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has stressed the need for overall change in Maharashtra as since the state's formation development was halted.
The ongoing peace talks between the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-IM leadership and the Government of India have reached a 'sensitive stage' and efforts are on to iron out a longstanding solution to the over six decades old Naga political problem, observed P Chidambaram in his last press conference as the home minister.
The decision to make these changes to the Union Cabinet was apparently taken last week, but the timing of its announcement could not have been more unfortunate, writes Neerja Chowdhury
