Days after the Uttar Pradesh police detected that some fuel outlets were tampering with the fuel calibration system, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that all fuel stations in the Uttar Pradesh will be re-examined. Random surpr
Government-owned oil companies— IndianOil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have started revising petrol and diesel prices on a daily basis in five cities from
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of hydro engineering college at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. The college, being set up by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and NHPC, will provide B Tech courses i
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned a three Mega Watt solar photo voltaic power plant in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. BHEL executed this project on a turnkey basis for Dadra and Nagar Haveli power distribution corpor
In order to provide broadband connectivity of BharatNet to post offices in rural areas, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), department of posts and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have signed a tripartite agreement.
A sale-purchase agreement was signed between Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) for supply of high speed diesel (HSD) through the proposed 131 km Indo-Bangla friends
In order to jointly promote, develop and adopt external thermal insulation and composite systems (ETICS) solutions technology in construction of highly energy efficient green buildings, NBCC (India) Limited and Bolix, SA of Poland have inked a m
Twitter Sewa unveiled by the ministry of telecommunications last year to resolve users’ complaints through micro blogging site Twitter has yielded fruitful results by resolving 99 percent of the complaints.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s biggest export order, valued at Rs 10,000 crore for setting up 1,320 MW Maitree thermal power project in Bangladesh has taken-off following the issuance of the ‘notice to proceed’ by the devel
In a significant step towards setting up of retail gas infrastructure in Rajasthan and opening CNG corridors to connect key cities, a business transfer agreement (BTA) was signed between Rajasthan State Gas Limited (RSGL) & GAIL Gas Ltd.
Minister of state for petroleum, Dharmendra Pradhan has claimed that daily cashless transactions at fuel retail outlets have increased from Rs 150 crores per day to Rs 400 crores per day, following the government’s efforts for promoting digi
The centre has successfully divested 9.2 percent of paid-up capital in the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna enterprise, to raise Rs 1,200 crores. Department of investment and public asse
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found shortcomings in Gujarat PSUs, particularly in seven companies that came into being after the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) was unbundled in 2005.
IndianOil Corporation Limited has signed an agreement with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Paradip Port Trust to help the NRL build a crude oil pipeline from Paradip Port (Odisha) to Numaligarh (Assam). &nbs
Airports Authority of India (AAI), a Miniratna PSU, and the French Civil Aviation Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen technical cooperation programme between the two countries. The agreement is
State-owned enterprise, BHEL has commissioned two units of 270 MW capacity at RattanIndia Nasik Power Limited’s thermal power project at Nasik in Maharashtra. The Maharatna PSU said with the commissioning of
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has set another record by offering lowest solar power tariff at the auction of its 250 MW Kadapa solar park in Andhra Pradesh. An Indian arm of French clean energy fi
The cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the proposal of listing of 11 central public sector enterprises on stock exchanges. The public sector undertakings include Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), IRC
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a Maharatna enterprise, has signed an agreement with the railways to install 2 MWp roof top solar photo voltaic (SPV) systems at diesel loco modernisation works (DMW) in Patiala. The initiat
Navratna defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has registered a whopping turnover of Rs 8,800 crores (provisional) in the recently concluded 2016-17 fiscal, a growth of about 17 per cent over the previous year’s