Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced relief for agriculturists using tubewells in Bhiwani district.

Hooda was addressing representatives of the Bhartiya Kisan Union and farmers of the area who had called upon him at his residence here today. Hooda said the consumers having motors with capacity between 12.5 BHP and 15 BHP would be supplied electricity at the rate of 20 paisa per unit for metered supply and Rs 30 per BHP per month for unmetered supply as against the previous rate of 25 paisa per unit and Rs 35 per BHP per month, respectively.

The cold wave condition intensified with the minimum temperature plummeting sharply, throwing normal life out of gear in many places of the North. According to weather office, the lowest minimum temperature of minus 3.0 degree Celsius was recorded at Narnaul (Haryana) in the plains of the country.

With cold wave conditions raging, Delhi continued to shiver as mercury remained below normal by five notches to settle at 2.4 degree Celsius. The maximum temperature too dipped to seven degrees below normal to settle at 13.4 degree Celsius.

The Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four independent power producers for setting up five bio-mass power projects of 51 MW capacity involving an investment of Rs. 230 crore.

Senior officers said on Tuesday that out of these, two projects are likely to be commissioned soon. The annual budget of the Renewable Energy Department had increased tremendously over the years and was pegged at Rs. 42.43 crore for 2012-13, they added.

Area-specific incentives in the renewable energy sector are critical, and the country needs to focus on policy regulation, technology advancement and financial options coupled with innovation for t

The Haryana government has decided to auction minor mineral quarries in the state and grant short term permit for the same for a period up to December 31.

While the state government is still grappling with the problems associated with the acquisition of land for the first nuclear plant in the state, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has offered to set up another plant.

An NPCIL team is coming on a two-day visit tomorrow to conduct a preliminary survey of the two sites offered by Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has offered two probable sites to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

Even as the fate of the first nuclear plant to be set up in Haryana at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district is in

Kitlana in Bhiwani or Balsamand in Hisar likely site
Haryana is betting high on nuclear power.