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Government To Open Nuclear Power Sector For Private Participation
Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission for research in the field.
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Union Budget 2025 Will Initiate Reforms In Six Areas Including Taxation: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Budget will initiate reforms in six areas - taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory framework, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Moody's Expects Power Sector Reforms To Continue In PM Modi's Third Term
Keeping aside the investor's apprehensions of weak policies under Narendra Modi's third term, the world rating agency, Moody's has expressed confidence in the growth trajectory of India's power sector.
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Centre To Offer Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore Incentives For Power Reforms: Report
Centre will provide incentives worth 1.4 lakh crore rupees to states for power sector reforms in 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Bureaucrat-Turned-Politician Raj Kumar Singh Takes Oath As Cabinet Minister
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Raj Kumar Singh who steered Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's power sector reforms agenda, that made India surplus in electricity, has been elevated as a Cabinet Minister from Minister of State rank.
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Choose Your Electricity Provider Soon With New Policy Being Developed: PM
Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly "improved" the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
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Power Minister RK Singh Announces New Electricity Rules, Says Power System Is For Consumers
Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday announced historic power reforms in the sector for consumers, asserting that the new rules will empower them.
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Need To Radically Reform Health Sector: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to radically reform the health sector by effectively harnessing the power of technology and artificial intelligence powered tools, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday.
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Economic Slowdown "Very Worrisome", New Reforms Needed, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called slowdown in the economy "very worrisome". The government needs to fix the immediate problems in power and non-bank financial sectors and come out with a new set of reforms to energise private sector to invest, he said.
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Blueprint For National Gas Grid, Water Grid Will Be Unveiled: Finance Minister
Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Ms. Sitharaman said a package for power sector and structural reforms will be unveiled soon.
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Government Takes Specific Initiatives In Steel, Leather, Gems, MSME Sectors: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey highlights that the Government has initiated sector specific reforms in Steel, Apparel, Leather and Power sectors to address specific challenges associated with each of these sectors.
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Centre to Announce Major Reforms in Power Sector Soon: Arun Jaitley
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the next couple of days will announce a major policy for the stressed power sector, which has been reeling under high debt, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
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Looking For Reform Success, PM Modi Readies Electricity Rescue Plan
The government is preparing a rescue package for power utilities that owe crores of rupees, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi must first convince states to make politically hard choices as he seeks a victory for reforms needed to galvanise the economy.
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PM Narendra Modi to Launch New Power Scheme in Patna on July 25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will launch a new scheme, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, for power sector reforms in rural areas with a view to ensuring round the clock eletricity supply to farmers and rural households.
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Maharashtra Working to Reduce Power Tariff For Industry: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today promised power sector reforms and said that his government will work to reduce electricity tariff for industry by one-and-a-half rupee per unit to boost industrial development.
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Government To Open Nuclear Power Sector For Private Participation
Ushering in reforms, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to open up the nuclear power sector for private players and announced a Rs 20,000 crore Nuclear Energy Mission for research in the field.
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Union Budget 2025 Will Initiate Reforms In Six Areas Including Taxation: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Budget will initiate reforms in six areas - taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory framework, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Moody's Expects Power Sector Reforms To Continue In PM Modi's Third Term
Keeping aside the investor's apprehensions of weak policies under Narendra Modi's third term, the world rating agency, Moody's has expressed confidence in the growth trajectory of India's power sector.
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Centre To Offer Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore Incentives For Power Reforms: Report
Centre will provide incentives worth 1.4 lakh crore rupees to states for power sector reforms in 2023-24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Bureaucrat-Turned-Politician Raj Kumar Singh Takes Oath As Cabinet Minister
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Raj Kumar Singh who steered Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's power sector reforms agenda, that made India surplus in electricity, has been elevated as a Cabinet Minister from Minister of State rank.
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Choose Your Electricity Provider Soon With New Policy Being Developed: PM
Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly "improved" the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
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Power Minister RK Singh Announces New Electricity Rules, Says Power System Is For Consumers
Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday announced historic power reforms in the sector for consumers, asserting that the new rules will empower them.
-
Need To Radically Reform Health Sector: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to radically reform the health sector by effectively harnessing the power of technology and artificial intelligence powered tools, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday.
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Economic Slowdown "Very Worrisome", New Reforms Needed, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called slowdown in the economy "very worrisome". The government needs to fix the immediate problems in power and non-bank financial sectors and come out with a new set of reforms to energise private sector to invest, he said.
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Blueprint For National Gas Grid, Water Grid Will Be Unveiled: Finance Minister
Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Ms. Sitharaman said a package for power sector and structural reforms will be unveiled soon.
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Government Takes Specific Initiatives In Steel, Leather, Gems, MSME Sectors: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey highlights that the Government has initiated sector specific reforms in Steel, Apparel, Leather and Power sectors to address specific challenges associated with each of these sectors.
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Centre to Announce Major Reforms in Power Sector Soon: Arun Jaitley
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the next couple of days will announce a major policy for the stressed power sector, which has been reeling under high debt, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
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Looking For Reform Success, PM Modi Readies Electricity Rescue Plan
The government is preparing a rescue package for power utilities that owe crores of rupees, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi must first convince states to make politically hard choices as he seeks a victory for reforms needed to galvanise the economy.
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PM Narendra Modi to Launch New Power Scheme in Patna on July 25
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will launch a new scheme, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, for power sector reforms in rural areas with a view to ensuring round the clock eletricity supply to farmers and rural households.
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Maharashtra Working to Reduce Power Tariff For Industry: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today promised power sector reforms and said that his government will work to reduce electricity tariff for industry by one-and-a-half rupee per unit to boost industrial development.
