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Government To Open Nuclear Power Sector For Private Participation
Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission for research in the field.
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Union Budget 2025 Will Initiate Reforms In Six Areas Including Taxation: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Budget will initiate reforms in six areas - taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory framework, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Moody's Expects Power Sector Reforms To Continue In PM Modi's Third Term
Keeping aside the investor's apprehensions of weak policies under Narendra Modi's third term, the world rating agency, Moody's has expressed confidence in the growth trajectory of India's power sector.
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Centre To Offer Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore Incentives For Power Reforms: Report
Centre will provide incentives worth 1.4 lakh crore rupees to states for power sector reforms in 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Bureaucrat-Turned-Politician Raj Kumar Singh Takes Oath As Cabinet Minister
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Raj Kumar Singh who steered Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's power sector reforms agenda, that made India surplus in electricity, has been elevated as a Cabinet Minister from Minister of State rank.
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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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Power Minister RK Singh Announces New Electricity Rules, Says Power System Is For Consumers
Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday announced historic power reforms in the sector for consumers, asserting that the new rules will empower them.
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Need To Radically Reform Health Sector: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to radically reform the health sector by effectively harnessing the power of technology and artificial intelligence powered tools, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday.
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Oil Ministry To Take Cabinet Nod On Gas Sector Reforms: Report
The government feels that lower price of fuel under CGD projects would allow bigger ashift of people to cleaner fuel.
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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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Blueprint For National Gas Grid, Water Grid Will Be Unveiled: Finance Minister
Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Ms. Sitharaman said a package for power sector and structural reforms will be unveiled soon.
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Government Takes Specific Initiatives In Steel, Leather, Gems, MSME Sectors: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey highlights that the Government has initiated sector specific reforms in Steel, Apparel, Leather and Power sectors to address specific challenges associated with each of these sectors.
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Distribution Company Losses To Halve By FY19 On Reforms: Crisil
Aggregate losses of these distribution companies will decline 46 per cent to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 37,000 crore, says Crisil.
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Lack Of Reforms Created Huge NPAs In Infra, Power Sectors: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the successive governments' inability to bring in reforms in the infrastructure and power sectors for the rising non-performing assets in the core segments.
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India's Power Reforms, Salary Hikes Spook Investors in State Bonds
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to rescue India's ailing power sector and end the country's notorious blackouts are creating an unforeseen headache for state governments: investors are suddenly shying away from their debt.
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Government To Open Nuclear Power Sector For Private Participation
Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission for research in the field.
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Union Budget 2025 Will Initiate Reforms In Six Areas Including Taxation: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Budget will initiate reforms in six areas - taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory framework, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Moody's Expects Power Sector Reforms To Continue In PM Modi's Third Term
Keeping aside the investor's apprehensions of weak policies under Narendra Modi's third term, the world rating agency, Moody's has expressed confidence in the growth trajectory of India's power sector.
-
Centre To Offer Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore Incentives For Power Reforms: Report
Centre will provide incentives worth 1.4 lakh crore rupees to states for power sector reforms in 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
-
Bureaucrat-Turned-Politician Raj Kumar Singh Takes Oath As Cabinet Minister
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Raj Kumar Singh who steered Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's power sector reforms agenda, that made India surplus in electricity, has been elevated as a Cabinet Minister from Minister of State rank.
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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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Power Minister RK Singh Announces New Electricity Rules, Says Power System Is For Consumers
Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday announced historic power reforms in the sector for consumers, asserting that the new rules will empower them.
-
Need To Radically Reform Health Sector: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to radically reform the health sector by effectively harnessing the power of technology and artificial intelligence powered tools, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday.
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Oil Ministry To Take Cabinet Nod On Gas Sector Reforms: Report
The government feels that lower price of fuel under CGD projects would allow bigger ashift of people to cleaner fuel.
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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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Blueprint For National Gas Grid, Water Grid Will Be Unveiled: Finance Minister
Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Ms. Sitharaman said a package for power sector and structural reforms will be unveiled soon.
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Government Takes Specific Initiatives In Steel, Leather, Gems, MSME Sectors: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey highlights that the Government has initiated sector specific reforms in Steel, Apparel, Leather and Power sectors to address specific challenges associated with each of these sectors.
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Distribution Company Losses To Halve By FY19 On Reforms: Crisil
Aggregate losses of these distribution companies will decline 46 per cent to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 37,000 crore, says Crisil.
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Lack Of Reforms Created Huge NPAs In Infra, Power Sectors: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the successive governments' inability to bring in reforms in the infrastructure and power sectors for the rising non-performing assets in the core segments.
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India's Power Reforms, Salary Hikes Spook Investors in State Bonds
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to rescue India's ailing power sector and end the country's notorious blackouts are creating an unforeseen headache for state governments: investors are suddenly shying away from their debt.
