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Choose Your Electricity Provider Soon With New Policy Being Developed: PM
Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly "improved" the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
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Economic Slowdown "Very Worrisome", New Reforms Needed, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called slowdown in the economy "very worrisome". The government needs to fix the immediate problems in power and non-bank financial sectors and come out with a new set of reforms to energise private sector to invest, he said.
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Raghuram Rajan To Prannoy Roy On India's 3 Biggest Economic Problems: Highlights
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan spoke to NDTV's Prannoy Roy on a range of challenges in front of the Indian economy today. Dr Rajan says the three biggest problems for the Indian economy today are the farmers' distress, the ailing power sector and the crisis in the banking system.
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RBI Has "Wide Ranging Powers" To Deal With Banks: Government
The Reserve Bank Of India has "wide-ranging and comprehensive" powers to address various situations in banks, the government said today against the backdrop of RBI Governor Urjit Patel seeking more powers to deal with the problem of bad loans at public sector banks.
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RBI To Get Power To Act Against Loan Defaulters, Cabinet Clears Ordinance
The ordinance is aimed at empowering RBI to deal more effectively with stressed assets than earlier.
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Tower Operators Seek Special Treatment From Electricity Boards
Power problem happens to be a major challenge before the telecom sector in different parts, particularly eastern region
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Centre to Announce Major Reforms in Power Sector Soon: Arun Jaitley
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the next couple of days will announce a major policy for the stressed power sector, which has been reeling under high debt, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
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Prime Minister Modi Takes Stock of Energy Sector Issues: Report
Mr Modi was appraised of the problems and pending issues facing the world's fourth largest energy consumer when Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal made powerpoint presentations on their sectors.
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Scindia meets bankers; discusses lending issues in power sector
Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today met bankers and heads of financial institutions to address the problems faced by them while lending to the power sector.
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Kiran Kumar Reddy goes to Delhi to meet Prime Minister over gas quota issue
Facing flak from Opposition over the Centre's decision to reduce quota of gas to gas-based power projects in the state, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh today said efforts are being made to see that people do not suffer on account of problems in power sector
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How India's power sector is losing Rs 55,000 crore per year
India suffered the worst blackouts in history this week. The lights are back on, for now, but the crisis is evidence of deep problems in a sector teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for the second time in a decade. State utilities are losing because tariffs set by regulators have not kept pace with rising costs. Moreover, as much as 40 per cent of ...
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India won’t have much coal by 13th Plan: Sushil Kumar Shinde
In an interview with NDTV Profit, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde talks about the problems the country’s power sector is facing.
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FDI in India declines 41% to $1.85 billion in April
Attributing the decline to global and domestic economic problems, experts have suggested that the government should push some big-ticket reform initiatives to restore confidence of global investors. The sectors that received large inflows in April include services ($449 million), pharma ($359 million), construction ($120 million) and power ($68 mi...
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Cancelled telecom licences add to banking sector problems: Moody’s
Although the agency says that the impact could be marginal, it raised a red flag over financial difficulties of corporate borrowers in telecom, power and airline sectors.
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PMO starts performance review of power sector
PMO started the exercise to review the performance of the power sector, as a follow up to the meeting.
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Choose Your Electricity Provider Soon With New Policy Being Developed: PM
Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly "improved" the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
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Economic Slowdown "Very Worrisome", New Reforms Needed, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called slowdown in the economy "very worrisome". The government needs to fix the immediate problems in power and non-bank financial sectors and come out with a new set of reforms to energise private sector to invest, he said.
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Raghuram Rajan To Prannoy Roy On India's 3 Biggest Economic Problems: Highlights
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan spoke to NDTV's Prannoy Roy on a range of challenges in front of the Indian economy today. Dr Rajan says the three biggest problems for the Indian economy today are the farmers' distress, the ailing power sector and the crisis in the banking system.
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RBI Has "Wide Ranging Powers" To Deal With Banks: Government
The Reserve Bank Of India has "wide-ranging and comprehensive" powers to address various situations in banks, the government said today against the backdrop of RBI Governor Urjit Patel seeking more powers to deal with the problem of bad loans at public sector banks.
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RBI To Get Power To Act Against Loan Defaulters, Cabinet Clears Ordinance
The ordinance is aimed at empowering RBI to deal more effectively with stressed assets than earlier.
-
Tower Operators Seek Special Treatment From Electricity Boards
Power problem happens to be a major challenge before the telecom sector in different parts, particularly eastern region
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Centre to Announce Major Reforms in Power Sector Soon: Arun Jaitley
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the next couple of days will announce a major policy for the stressed power sector, which has been reeling under high debt, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
-
Prime Minister Modi Takes Stock of Energy Sector Issues: Report
Mr Modi was appraised of the problems and pending issues facing the world's fourth largest energy consumer when Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal made powerpoint presentations on their sectors.
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Scindia meets bankers; discusses lending issues in power sector
Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today met bankers and heads of financial institutions to address the problems faced by them while lending to the power sector.
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Kiran Kumar Reddy goes to Delhi to meet Prime Minister over gas quota issue
Facing flak from Opposition over the Centre's decision to reduce quota of gas to gas-based power projects in the state, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh today said efforts are being made to see that people do not suffer on account of problems in power sector
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How India's power sector is losing Rs 55,000 crore per year
India suffered the worst blackouts in history this week. The lights are back on, for now, but the crisis is evidence of deep problems in a sector teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for the second time in a decade. State utilities are losing because tariffs set by regulators have not kept pace with rising costs. Moreover, as much as 40 per cent of ...
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India won’t have much coal by 13th Plan: Sushil Kumar Shinde
In an interview with NDTV Profit, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde talks about the problems the country’s power sector is facing.
-
FDI in India declines 41% to $1.85 billion in April
Attributing the decline to global and domestic economic problems, experts have suggested that the government should push some big-ticket reform initiatives to restore confidence of global investors. The sectors that received large inflows in April include services ($449 million), pharma ($359 million), construction ($120 million) and power ($68 mi...
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Cancelled telecom licences add to banking sector problems: Moody’s
Although the agency says that the impact could be marginal, it raised a red flag over financial difficulties of corporate borrowers in telecom, power and airline sectors.
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PMO starts performance review of power sector
PMO started the exercise to review the performance of the power sector, as a follow up to the meeting.
