The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved investments totalling Rs 40,175.33 crore for two hydroelectric projects in Arunachal Pradesh. The projects will add 2,920 MW of capacity to the...
India’s air quality regulator has imposed penalties totalling about Rs 61.85 crore ($7.4 million) on six coal-fired thermal power plants for not complying with biomass co-firing requirements under national environmental rules. The Commission for Air...
The Competition Commission of India has approved the proposed acquisition of 100% equity shares and non-cumulative optionally convertible redeemable preference shares in Nabha Power Limited by Torrent Power Limited. The transaction involves Torrent...
India’s indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu has attained criticality at 8:25 pm on April 6, 2026, following clearance from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) after safety review...
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal Projects has recommended environmental clearance for two coal-based ultra-supercritical power projects of 1,600 MW each at its 40th meeting. The proposals, submitted by JSW Thermal Energy Limited and...
The Expert Appraisal Committee for Thermal Projects has recommended environmental clearance for Adani Power Limited’s 2,400 MW coal-based ultra super critical project in Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The project will be developed at Pirpainti block...
Power Mech Projects Limited has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract from Hindustan Zinc Limited for a 91.5 MW captive power plant and its transmission line up to the main receiving substation (MRSS). The contract is valued at Rs...
Tata Power has resumed operations at its Mundra thermal power plant, restoring the full installed capacity of 4,150 MW, the company informed stock exchanges. The plant had been under temporary suspension. The resumption follows the formal execution...
NTPC Limited has completed the transfer of its entire coal mining business to NTPC Mining Limited (NML), its wholly owned subsidiary, with the final tranche involving the Pakri Barwadih Coal Mine in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, and the Coal Mining...
The Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, has granted Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) a five-year relaxation under Rule 144(xi) of the General Financial Rules (GFR). The exemption allows procurement of 21 specified items from...
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has received a Notification of Award (NOA) from NTPC Limited for the main plant package of the 3×800 MW Telangana Stage-II supercritical thermal power project in Peddapalli district, Telangana. The...
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted approval to begin excavation activities for Units 1 and 2 of the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) in Rajasthan. The units are based on the standard 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy...
Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Limited (TBWES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thermax Limited, has secured a boiler package supply order worth about Rs 1,600 crore. The order is from a thermal power projects company in Central India for...
Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned Maharatna mining company, has incorporated a joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to foray into the power generation business. The new entity, DVC CIL Power Private Limited, was incorporated on...
NHPC Limited completed the breakthrough of Head Race Tunnel (HRT) Phase-5A and 6A of the Teesta-VI Hydroelectric Project on March 27, 2026. The development marks a construction milestone for the project. CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) Bhupender...
SJVN Limited’s 412 MW Rampur Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh surpassed its highest-ever generation figure of 2,098.03 million units on March 26, 2026, eclipsing the previous record set in FY 2019-20. Bhupender Gupta, Chairman and...
NHPC Limited has signed an implementation agreement with Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDCL) for the development of the 240 MW Uri-I Stage-II and 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydroelectric projects in the Union...
Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has acquired 100 % equity shares of Torrent Urja 47 Private Limited (TU47) for a cash consideration of Rs 5,00,000. The transaction was completed on March 27, 2026. TPL stated that the acquisition supports its plan to...
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued directions to Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, requiring the company to operate its imported coal-based (ICB) power plant at full capacity. The order, dated March...
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), at its 50th meeting held on March 11, 2026, granted Terms of Reference (ToR) to the Saundatti pumped storage project expansion in Karnataka...
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