National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), country’s largest state-owned power generating company, is all set to commence coal mining. It has successfully exposed a seam in its first coal mine, Pakri Barwadih located
As many as 13 board-level posts in various Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are lying vacant since May, 2014, minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises Babul Supriyo said in a written reply to a question in the R
The department of public enterprises, ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises has clarified that it has not issued any guidelines regarding the delisting of loss-making and sick Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs), union mi
Country’s largest steelmaker-- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on Thursday claimed of registering slump in standalone net loss at Rs 730.72 crore for the quarter ended September 30, helped by a strong marketing push and cost optimisa
Railways reservation for senior citizens will be directly linked to Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) cards on a mandatory basis for both counter and e-tickets from April 1, 2017. The railway ministry has decided to impl
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the Mizoram government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which seeks to provide a range of hospitality and tourism services to tourists visiting the state.
The government expects foreign direct investment in the hydrocarbon sector to pick up, said Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) secretary Ramesh Abhishek who added that the key driver will continue to be the public sector companie
The company is also looking at scaling up its petrochemical production capacity to clock larger margins, MRPL managing director H Kumar told PTI. “We have asked Engineers India Ltd (EIL) to do a feasibility study for expansion
After a long wait, the finance ministry has completed the interview process to select two managing directors of LIC and the heads of three general insurance companies, United India Insurance, Oriental Insurance and Agriculture Insurance Company, t
Prior to taking over as CMD, Singh was holding the charge of director (technical) in the mini ratna 1 hydro power firm and his tenure as CMD shall be up to April 30 2021. According to a statement, Singh takes over the company at a critic
Concierge service, introduced by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), can now be availed through round the clock 139 Interactive Voice Response (IVR) facility. The concierge service includes facilities like e-wheelchair, pick a
The government has approved the proposal of shutting down the loss-making Kota unit of Instrumentation Ltd and hand over the company’s Palakkad division to the Kerala government. The decision was taken by the union cabinet at
The shipping ministry held a consultation meeting with various stake holders on ‘Policy for Award of Waterfront and Associated Land to Port Dependent Industries in Major Ports’. The policy was approved by the cabinet earlier this year
Coal India Ltd (CIL), a maharatna PSU, produced 323.57 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the first eight months of the current fiscal, reported Press Trust of India. However, the world’s largest coal miner failed to meet its tar
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producers like Reliance Industries have been asked by the government to supply cooking gas they produce only to state-run oil companies. Private retailers have been asked to source their requirements through imp
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the commercial arm of Indian Railways, intends to push the production of Rail Neer to bridge the gap between demand and supply. The daily requirement of packaged drinking
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has registered almost six-fold jump in operating profit during 2015-16 fiscal at Rs 3,855 crore from Rs 672 crore in the preceding fiscal. BSNL’s revenue from operation is highest in the last five ye
The government has given in principal approval of strategic disinvestment of Salem Steel Plant (SSP) – the loss-making subsidiary of the country’s biggest steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
A 93 MW steam turbine-based captive power plant (CPP) has been commissioned by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) at Hazira in Gujarat. BHEL is also setting up a 3x93 MW steam turbine-ba
Almost all key IITs across the country have got a reason to rejoice as the number of public sector undertakings (PSUs) queuing up to conduct placement camps has gone up significantly, The Economic Times reported. The recruitment pr
