Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Tribunal has banned petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years from plying in Delhi-NCR. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Ministry of Heavy Industries for failing to come up with an incentive policy to scrap old vehicles. “You made tall …
Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for Ministry of Heavy Industries, told the NGT that other fuels also cause pollution but an impression has been created that diesel is more polluting. EVEN AS the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday directed the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to immediately deregister all diesel …
SHIMLA: To ensure the plying of echo-friendly electric buses, especially between Manali and Rohtang pass, state government has floated the tenders to buy 25 electric buses. Once these buses are added in the fleet, 50 more electric buses would be purchased by the state transport department. On the issue of …
The foundation stone for the new unit was laid at Bhandara on Tuesday by Prithviraj Chavan State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra. "BHEL is setting up a new Power Equipment Fabrication Plant at Bhandara in …
Exactly two years later, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up yet another Group of Ministers (GoM) after key ministries disagreed on the basic tenets of a 2007 Cabinet decision to blend ethanol extracted from sugarcane in petrol. Last Thursday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs agreed on creating a …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has directed the Power Ministry to float a new Cabinet note on hiking the duty on the import of power equipment into the country. The move is aimed at countering the surge in imports, mainly from China, and to provide a level-playing field to domestic …
Amid widening price difference between petrol and diesel, the Finance Ministry is looking at the possibility of raising excise duty on diesel cars, a suggestion which was mooted long back by the Oil Ministry. "Hiking excise duty on diesel cars is still on the agenda. It was not taken up …
State-run BHEL is eligible to seek the Maharatna status, which would provide the power equipment maker with more financial autonomy, according to the Department of Public Enterprises. “The company meets the eligibility criteria for grant of Maharatna status,” a Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) official said. A Maharatna PSU can …
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not. After four years of wrangling and a final draft policy being prepared, the decision has been left to the PMO in view of the "sensitivities" involved after auto manufacturers opposed …
A Rs 67-crore, 5 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant has been installed at village Rawara, Taluka Phalodi, in Rajasthan. The project, owned by Indian Oil Corporation, was commissioned by Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, a Ministry of Heavy Industries release said here on …
The State Cabinet decided to restart Nepa Limited, Nepanagar, Burhanpur. It has been decided that the outstanding dues of Rs 28.84 crore payable by the company to various departments/institutions should be converted into Madhya Pradesh Government’s share in the company’s authorised share capital and other outstanding dues/interest amounting to Rs …
The Heavy Industries Ministry is pushing hard to ensure that the award of equipment contracts by developers of large power projects is done mandatorily through a bidding process, rather than the current practice of developers placing orders directly on the vendors of their choice. Speaking to reporters here, Heavy Industries …
The government has asked all central public sector companies to set up renewable energy projects or voluntarily procure energy credits, as part of efforts to boost sustainable development. "The scope of the Energy Management Programme has been expanded by including Renewable Energy as a specific activity to be pursued by …
The government today approved a policy to facilitate state-run enterprises to acquire overseas mineral assets, a move that could pave way for the International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL) to intensify efforts to secure coal properties abroad. The Union Cabinet formally endorsed the overseas mineral assets acquisition policy for those central …
New Delhi To streamline policy- making in the automotive sector, the government is going to set up a ‘National Automotive Board’ within next three months which will seek to bring important stakeholders on board. The proposed new body would deliberate on most aspects concerning the automotive industry including the viability …
The Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) has moved the State Governments of Tripura and Manipur for sustainable supply of rawmaterial for its Cachar Paper Mill and has made arrangement to import bamboo from Bangladesh by road. Listing out measures undertaken to resolve its financial crisis, Minister for Heavy Industries and …
With domestic manufacturers ramping up power equipment production capacity to 30,000 mega watt by the end of the current financial year, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel will push for measures to stop or disincentivise imports. China has become a favoured supplier of low-cost equipment to Indian …
An Indian 'cash-for-clunkers' scheme is an absurd idea Increased competition in the automobile market is contributing to squeezed profit margins, on the one hand, but better deals for the consumer, on the other, including the introduction of newer models by smaller players, threatening the auto biggies
New Delhi The government is exploring a car scrappage scheme, where you can trade in your old, fuel-guzzling car and buy a new, fuel-efficient one, saving some money in the process. The scheme
New Delhi To give a fillip to environment-friendly vehicles, a committee formed by the heavy industries ministry is considering lucrative tax breaks and incentives for automakers to produce and sell electric vehicles. The committee, which would also have representatives from the industry, has been set up to identify the challenges …
