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The Minister said, the availability of power in rural areas, which was about 12.5 hours in 2015, has gone up to 21.48 hours and in urban areas it has gone up to 23.78 hours

Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha To Amend Electricity Act

National

Om Monday, a bill to ament the Electricity Act was introduced in Lok Sabha so as to allow non-discriminatory open access to distribution networks of power suppliers

India's Power Shortage At 1% In April-June This Fiscal: R K Singh

In another reply, the minister told the House that 325.62 BU or 75 per cent of the total power generation was from thermal projects, which include coal, lignite, gas and diesel

Power Tariff To Rise 60-70 Paise Per Unit For Blending Imported Coal: Min

Economy

This has to be done to avoid power shortage as domestic coal supply is unable to match the electricity companies' demand for the dry fuel, Singh said

Govt Discusses Future Export Of Hydrogen With Japan, Germany

Economy

The agreement was signed between power minister Singh and Germany's minister for economic affairs and climate change in May 2022

Low Stock At Plants In Apr-Nov Due To High Power Demand, Rains: R K Singh

Due to the second wave of the pandemic in April-June, 2021, the production and logistic arrangements were also affected as a huge number of manpower got infected, the minister added

Coal Stocks Improve At Power Plants In November: R K Singh

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"The details of average daily coal stocks in these power plants during the months of September 2021 and October 2021 were 10.34 MT and 8.07 MT, respectively," he informed the House.

Coal Minister Reviews Coal Output; Stresses On Continuing Momentum To Dispatch Maximum Fuel To Power Plants

Power Minister R K Singh on Monday exuded confidence that there will be no power shortage in the country amid the ongoing low coal stocks at power plants and stressed on timely payments by distribution companies to the plants for electricity supplied to them.

R K Singh Asks THDCIL, NEEPCO To Bid For Solar, Wind Projects

National

The minister expressed concern on NEEPCO’s high manpower/megawatt strength and advised the CPSU to bring it within the norms fixed by the Central Electricity Authority.

RK Singh Meets US Special Presidential Envoy For Climate John Kerry In Delhi

The CAFMD is one of the two main tracks of the US-India Agenda 2030 Partnership that President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced at the Leaders Summit on Climate in April 2021.

Govt Requests Union Ministers, CMs Of All States, UTs To Go With EVs For Official Purposes

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RK Singh, Union Minister of Power and New Renewable Energy has written to union ministers including ministers of all state and Union Territories to help him in being part of the “Go Electric Campaign” by using Electric Vehicles for official purposes instead of petrol and diesel vehicles.

India Plans To Emerge As A Global Leader In Green Hydrogen: R K Singh

India is looking at bids for 4,000 MW of electrolysers capacity, it stated. As per the statement, Kerry has congratulated India on achievements in renewable energy on reaching 146GW Renewables with 63 GW under construction and 25 GW under bids.

R K Singh Urges Union Ministers, Cms To Switch To Electric Vehicles

The Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy has written to all the Union Ministers including the Minister of States (Independent Charge) and Chief Ministers of all the States/UTs to join the government's initiative on transformative mobility

Govt Woos US Investors To Explore Opportunities In Power, Renewable Energy Sector