Power Minister

Raising power tariffs in Delhi a regulatory decision: Goyal

For commercial consumers, DERC hiked the power rates by up to 11 per cent.

Jul 17, 2014, 23:21 PM IST

Have taken steps to improve coal production: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said that the government has constituted a new "Inter-Ministerial Task Force" to undertake a comprehensive review of existing coal sources.

Jul 17, 2014, 15:28 PM IST

Economic Survey highlights the 'mess' we inherited: Goyal

Blaming the UPA-led government for the poor state of economy, Power Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said the new government has inherited 'mess' from the previous UPA-led regime.

Jul 09, 2014, 19:31 PM IST

NTPC, Lanco power plants facing coal supply problem: Goyal

The development comes at a time when State-owned Coal India and NTPC are at loggerheads over quality of coal being supplied to the plants of the power producer.

Jun 26, 2014, 17:25 PM IST

Power Ministry seeks review of anti-dumping levy on solar gear

India's solar mission aims to add 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar capacity by 2022.

Jun 23, 2014, 16:37 PM IST

Power Minister to meet bankers today, to discuss bottlenecks

In a bid to restore investor confidence in electricity generation sector, Power Minister Piyush Goyal will meet bankers on Monday to discuss the financing bottlenecks affecting the industry and the way forward.

Jun 23, 2014, 12:34 PM IST

Goyal to meet bankers on Monday, to discuss bottlenecks

Goyal is also scheduled to meet the Minister of Environment and Forests Prakash Javdekar to deliberate upon the issues impacting the power and coal sectors.

Jun 22, 2014, 11:14 AM IST

Goyal asks CIL to boost output, cut e-auction quantity

Coal India, the world's largest coal producer, sells about 7 percent of its production through e-auctions.

Jun 20, 2014, 18:12 PM IST

Goyal meets top officials on coal pricing, quality

The issue of coal quality last year had resulted in a standoff between NTPC and CIL.

Jun 16, 2014, 15:47 PM IST

No blackout like situation: Goyal

As per latest CEA report, as many as 20 power stations in the country have fuel stocks to last less than four days.

Jun 12, 2014, 17:32 PM IST