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04 May 2017

Centre nudges states for electricity bill payment via Aadhaar

The Centre on Thursday urged states to ensure digital payment of electricity bills through Aadhaar- linked bank accounts.

08 Jul 2016

Scheme of converting 'Black Out' into 'Brown Out'

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07 Jul 2016

Power Ministry working on tech to counter blackouts: Piyush Goyal

Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said his ministry is experimenting with a technology, brown- out, which can provide some power backup to households in the event of a grid failure leading to blackouts.

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill

04 Jun 2016

Compensatory Afforestation Fund law likely next House session: Power minister

If passed, the CAF Bill will also help unlock nearly Rs.41,000 crore earmarked for forest land.

09 Apr 2016

Piyush Goyal launches energy efficient fan programme in UP

Power minister Piyush Goyal has launched the National Energy Efficient Fan Programme (NEEFP) in Uttar Pradesh

02 Apr 2016

Govt looks to pull off 100 GW solar capacity by 2017-end

The Centre expects to achieve its ambitious target of 100 GW of solar capacity generation by 2017, much ahead of its deadline of 2022, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.

Electrification of villages

04 Mar 2016

All villages to be electrified by next March: Piyush Goyal

Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.

30 Nov 2015

Exclusive: Piyush Goyal optimistic of reaching a deal at Paris climate summit

Exclusive chat with Power Minister, Piyush Goyal on Paris climate conference.

29 Sep 2015

World will appreciate India's commitment to climate change: Piyush Goyal

Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday exuded confidence that the world would appreciate India's dedication towards climate change and the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) which are likely to be announced on October 2.

15 Sep 2015

Goyal vows to make discom stress a 'thing of past'

The Centre is working in collaboration with states to find out a permanent solution to make stress of discoms a "thing of the past", Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said here Tuesday.

14 Sep 2015

PM Modi to meet power producers today to review their performance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet power producers like NTPC and NHPC on Tuesday.

06 Aug 2015

CIL will invest Rs 13,900 cr to raise output to 908 MT by 2020

State-owned Coal India (CIL) will invest Rs 13,900 crore to take its production to 908 million tonnes (MT) by 2019-20, the government said on Thursday.

28 Jun 2015

IPDS to strengthen power transmission, distribution network

Highlighting the government's Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) and LED-Based Smart Street Light programme, Goyal said for promoting energy efficiency in Varanasi nearly 36,000 street lights would be replaced with efficient and smart LED lights that would save around Rs 31 crore annually to municipal corporation here.

28 Jun 2015

Power Minister will soon announce new date for IPDS launch

The Prime Minister's visit to Varanasi today was cancelled due to heavy rains. Projects worth Rs 3,268 crore, covering 247 towns have so far been sanctioned under IPDS of which projects worth Rs 1,067 crore for 23 circles covering 91 towns have been sanctioned for UP.

27 May 2015

Power capacity addition at record 22,566 MW in 1 year: Piyush Goyal

Highlighting the achievements of Narendra Modi government in power and coal sector, he told at a press conference that 22,566 mega-watt (MW) of generation capacity was added in last one year.

06 May 2015

NTPC plans to raise $1 bn through foreign currency bonds

Country's largest power producer NTPC will raise USD 1 billion through foreign currency bonds this year to expand its power generation capacity, particularly in renewable energy segment.

27 Apr 2015

Surplus mine land would be returned to states: Goyal

The surplus land that is no longer required by coal companies will either be returned to state governments or would be used for building solar power plants, Parliament was informed on Monday.

27 Apr 2015

NTPC flags off mobile science labs for rural India

NTPC is introducing Mobile Science Lab (MSL), a vehicle fitted with LCD TV carrying working science models emphasising curiosity-based learning for children in rural India.

09 Apr 2015

Govt to provide round-the-clock cheap power to all: Goyal

The government aims to provide round-the-clock cheap electricity to everyone across the country, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

Transmission capacity

30 Mar 2015

South India will be biggest beneficiary: Piyush Goyal

Observing that lack of adequate transmission capacity was the biggest problem in South India, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that his ministry's recent announcement to give support to gas-based plants would benefit the region.

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