Not adding any more thermal power capacity, apart from what has already been planned, is important for India keeping in view its commitment to become carbon neutral by 2070 How important is thermal power for India? At present, thermal power accounts for almost 60 per cent of India’s total installed power generation capacity. It is produced by burning fossil fuels like coa...

  This would be a step in the wrong direction as the power consumers would bear the brunt and the staff would also face ordeals and hence the protest. The panel had planned to submit a petition to the Lt Governor at the end of the procession but the participants were stopped at the post office by the police.Puducherry does not have an Electricity Board and the distribution of power is being ...

A committee tasked by the Power Ministry to update India’s National Electricity Policy has recommended that no new coal-based capacity be considered for construction India is considering a new policy to stop adding new coal-fired power plants while it works out a plan to meet its emissions and net zero commitments made at COP26 last month, the Economic Times reported, citing people familiar with the move. ...

The state government has appointed Baldev Singh Sran as the chief managing director (CMD) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for the second time. His term is for a period of one year and can be extended by another year. Earlier, a screening-cum-selection committee headed by the chief secretary had shortlisted five candidates for the post. Sran had retired as the CMD PSPCL on June 6,2020, afte...

  :J&K power Employees and Engineers called off their three days long agitation at zero hours of Tuesday following a written agreement between administration and representatives of the striking employees. The deadlock ended following marathon meetings between civil administration and representatives of the Unions of striking employees. All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF...

Dec 20: Three-day long agitation by the Power Development Department employees, which caused enormous inconvenience to the people due to outages, was called off at midnight tonight following an agreement reached between administration and representatives of the striking employees. An end to the agitation, which had prompted the administration to call Army Engineering Wing for restoration of power supply in many area...

20th December, 2021 Sh. Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Jammu and Kashmir, Raj Bhawan, Srinagar, J&K. Sub: (Name of organisation), a constitient of NCCOEEE Extends Solidarity Support for  the movement of Jammu & Kashmir Power Engineers and Employees Coordination Committee (JKPEECC) and fervent request for effectual intervention for immediate Settlement of demands thereof. ...

Having failed to reach an amicable agreement with thousands of striking employees of the Power Development Department (PDD), the J&K administration on Sunday requisitioned the assistance of the army to man electric installations/supplies in the Union Territiory.For the last 24 hours, almost the entire Jammu city and the rural areas have remained plunged into darkness as the striking employees of the PDD refuse to...

  The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in the ongoing work boycott by 21,000 electricity employees and engineers of Jammu & Kashmir. AIPEF spokesperson V K Gupta said in a statement said the Jammu and Kashmir electricity employees and engineers are on indefinite wo...

  Thousands of power supply employees on Saturday launched a ''work boycott'' across Jammu and Kashmir to press for their four-point demands, including shelving a proposed joint venture between the Jammu and Kashmir Power Transmission Corporation Limited and the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The employees, fro...