CHANDIGARH: Ravi Bansal, my class fellow in engineering college, is the only person of Indian origin to fly solo around the world in his single engine plane world for cancer awareness and raised Rs. 1.5 crore for cancer and general hospital in his home town Ambala Cantt talked about this adventurous journey. He said it was a tribute to his sister-in-law Sneh Bansal, who was instrumental in bringing him up, and she...

NEW DELHI: The government has reduced the total investment by seven state-run power firms, including NTPC and PowerGrid, by 21.87 per cent to Rs 44,332.81 crore for 2019-20, against the revised estimate of Rs 56,742.49 crore for the current fiscal. The investment by these publ...

New Delhi: The government has constituted a committee under the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to explore prepaid payments by state electricity distribution companies to power plants, a government official said. With this the government has deferred a decision on a recommendation made by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha led panel to put in place a bill discounting mechanism ahead of elections. The commit...

New Delhi: Power engineers’ body, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), on Thursday said they want the Union Budget to make announcement on bringing electricity under the goods and services tax (GST).  AIPEF said they also want a slash in lower clean energy cess and strengthening of power network in rural areas from the Budget.  “Electric...

POWER sector needs a big boost in the budget to strengthen the transmission system particularly in rural areas, cent per cent metering to bring down transmission losses, reduction in clean energy cess and bringing electricity under GST, said VK Gupta, Spokesperson of the All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF). The biggest launch in Power Sector is Saubhagya scheme, which really seeks to push the last mile ...

CHANDIGARH: Power sector needs a big boost in the budget to strengthen the transmission system particularly in rural areas, 100% metering to bring down transmission losses,  reduction in clean energy cess and electricity be brought under GST, said V K Gupta Spokesperson All India power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) The biggest  launch  in power sector is  Saubhagya sc...

 Haryana Power Generation Engineers Association (HPGEA) has alleged that the indifferent and callous attitude of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has led to an acute shortage of manpower especially the officers’ level posts at the thermal projects in the state. Vikas Rathor, general secretary of the HPGEA, alleged that HPGCL is increasing the num...

Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2018 will bring competition and choice for the final consumer, claims the government but practically this is going to further divide the unbundled electricity industry into numerous fragments making the way for private companies to cherry-pick the profitable areas and consumers. The state sector incumbent power distribution companies will be left with the obliga...

India’s push to promote domestic manufacturing in the solar power segment may soon get a boost, thanks to the Indian Railways. The world’s fourth-largest railway network is planning to replace almost its entire power supply from thermal power plants with solar power plants. According to media reports, the Ministry of Railways could soon issue tenders to set up solar power projects of 4 gigawatts o...

No.04 - 2019 / Against privatisation process                27 - 01 - 2019   Sri Naveen Pattnaik Chief Minister Govt Of Odisha Bhubneshwar   Sub : Against privatisation process of power distribution in Odisha   Respected Sir,    All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) Federal Executive meeting was held at Bhubaneswa...