Every year the defaulting amount of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) from government and non-government consumers is increasing despite a one-time settlement scheme and 300 units of monthly free power for domestic consumers. In PSPCL West zone and the Border zone are almost equal to each other in defaulting amounts of Rs 1262 crores each for government and non-government defaulters. This is followed...

Localities such as Mahapalika Marg, Marine Lines and Crawford Market experienced the electricity outage due to a power tripping from about 8.35 pm, officials said, adding efforts to restore supply are on.   Pockets in south Mumbai plunged into darkness on Thursday night following a snag, electricity officials said. Localities around the Mahapalika Marg, GT Hospital, Crawford Market and Marine Lines witn...

Renowned economist Parakala Prabhakar has projected that the "electoral bond issue" will cost the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavily. Prabhakar, the husband of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, told news channel Reporter TV, "The electoral bond issue will gain much more momentum than what it is today. Everybody is now understanding that it is not only the biggest scam in India but is ...

Power demand crosses 10K MW The surge in applications for new connections to get 300 free units Even as ACs are yet to become fully functional and the peak summer power demand during paddy is still a couple of months away, the power demand in the state has already touched 10,000 MW for the first time. The day temperature in the state has already crossed 30°C, which means the power demand could increase furt...

Groundwater depleting, Punjab farms awash with treated water — and its seeds of success In Punjab, where overexploitation of groundwater is rampant due to the extensive cultivation of water-intensive crops like paddy, ongoing water conservation projects are offering a ray of hope. These initiatives not only promise to save significant amounts of groundwater but also lessen the burden on farmers, and the gove...

There has been a reduction of 36.69 per cent in the volume of coal imported for blending by thermal power plants, amounting to 19.36 million tons (MT) during April 2023 to January 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, the Coal Ministry said on Friday. This reduction in imported coal for blending signifies a shift towards utilising domestic coal, thus reducing reliance on imports. Imported coal is...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Friday put its weight behind the Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association (JKEEGA) which has decided that there shall be a complete sit-in protest across J&K against the suspension of 12 engineers on flimsy grounds on 30th March in case the suspension orders are not withdrawn by that time. A spokesperson of AIPEF  V K Gupta, said, &...

 The Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association [JKEEGA] held an emergency Guidance Council meeting on 21-03-2023 under the chairmanship of Er Sachin Tickoo, President JKEEGA & Er Pirzada Hidayatullah, General Secretary JKEEGA and denounced the action of Government in strong terms wherein engineers have been cherry picked and suspended for no fault of theirs without assessing replies furn...

India now more unequal than in Raj era' In terms of income inequality, India is behind only perhaps Peru, Yemen & a couple of other small countries. Areport by World Inequality Lab shows that wealth of the top 1% of the country’s population have hit historical highs,   New Delhi: India has now become more unequal in terms of wealth concentration than the British colonial period..a...

NTPC To Commence Operations At Second Unit Of North Karanpura Power Project on March 20  NTPC's North Karanpura Super Thermal Power project is a coal-based power plant located in the Chatra district of Jharkhand.  NTPC on Monday said it will start commercial operations of second unit of its North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project on March 20. NTPC's North Karanpura Super Thermal Power projec...