Arup Roy

To woo the farmers in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to disburse farm loans worth around Rs. 7,000 crore at a low interest rate of 2 per cent, state minister Arup Roy said today. The interest rate has been reduced from the existing 4 per cent. The loans would be disbursed through coopera...

With prices of onion easing in the open market, the West Bengal government has slashed the rates of the commodity from Rs 50 to Rs 45 at all state-run fair price outlets.

At present, the company generates 44,398 MW of power from all sources of energy. Out of this, 12,115 MW or 27 per cent of the total was added in the last four and a half years.

Has Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tried to play down the death of braveheart Arup Bhandari? The 24-year-old was hit with wooden planks and an iron chair on his head hours after he asked a group of drunk men to stop harassing women passing by them in the street. Mr Bhandari died in hospital on Monday after spending five days in hospital in a coma.

Ugly politics erupted over the death of 24 year old Arup Bhandari of Howrah who passed away on Monday morning after five days in coma, resulting from an assault by five men who he had reprimanded for sexually harassing a few women.

All profit-making central public sector undertakings (CPSU) are required to declare a minimum dividend payout of 20 per cent of post-tax profit, whichever is higher, subject to the availability of disposable profits.

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power generating company, has put its Rs 8,000-crore thermal power project at Katwa, West Bengal in the fast-track category.

With the government announcing increase in the price of domestically produced gas, state-run NTPC said the move will prove beneficial only if the power distribution companies buy the electricity produced from the plants consuming the costlier fuel.

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, will import about two-thirds more coal this fiscal year, its chairman said, as it looks to meet the country's growing power needs amid an acute shortage of coal in a sector hamstrung by scandals.

India sits on one of the world's biggest coal reserves, yet its power stations are starved of the fuel with some idle and others running dangerously low on supplies.

During the meeting of BIFCL's board today in Kolkata, the members emphasised the need to commission the unit of the project by December, 2018, according to a statement issued by NTPC.

The new policy, introduced last month, comes against the backdrop of instances of projects getting adversely impacted due to unprofessional approach of some vendors.

NTPC, India's largest power producer, has set coal import target for the next financial year (2014-15) at 15 million tonnes, which may be lowered if Coal India increases its production.

State-owned NTPC Ltd will make a presentation within a week to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to consider its case against new 5-year tariff regulations, according to sources.

Addressing the employees on the company's 38th raising day, CMD NTPC Arup Roy Choudhury said, "Now we have 10 coal mines to take care of the fuel security and also there is urgent need to commence mining operations."

To woo the farmers in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to disburse farm loans worth around Rs. 7,000 crore at a low interest rate of 2 per cent, state minister Arup Roy said today. The interest rate has been reduced from the existing 4 per cent. The loans would be disbursed through coopera...

With prices of onion easing in the open market, the West Bengal government has slashed the rates of the commodity from Rs 50 to Rs 45 at all state-run fair price outlets.

At present, the company generates 44,398 MW of power from all sources of energy. Out of this, 12,115 MW or 27 per cent of the total was added in the last four and a half years.

Has Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tried to play down the death of braveheart Arup Bhandari? The 24-year-old was hit with wooden planks and an iron chair on his head hours after he asked a group of drunk men to stop harassing women passing by them in the street. Mr Bhandari died in hospital on Monday after spending five days in hospital in a coma.

Ugly politics erupted over the death of 24 year old Arup Bhandari of Howrah who passed away on Monday morning after five days in coma, resulting from an assault by five men who he had reprimanded for sexually harassing a few women.

All profit-making central public sector undertakings (CPSU) are required to declare a minimum dividend payout of 20 per cent of post-tax profit, whichever is higher, subject to the availability of disposable profits.

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power generating company, has put its Rs 8,000-crore thermal power project at Katwa, West Bengal in the fast-track category.

With the government announcing increase in the price of domestically produced gas, state-run NTPC said the move will prove beneficial only if the power distribution companies buy the electricity produced from the plants consuming the costlier fuel.

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, will import about two-thirds more coal this fiscal year, its chairman said, as it looks to meet the country's growing power needs amid an acute shortage of coal in a sector hamstrung by scandals.

India sits on one of the world's biggest coal reserves, yet its power stations are starved of the fuel with some idle and others running dangerously low on supplies.

During the meeting of BIFCL's board today in Kolkata, the members emphasised the need to commission the unit of the project by December, 2018, according to a statement issued by NTPC.

The new policy, introduced last month, comes against the backdrop of instances of projects getting adversely impacted due to unprofessional approach of some vendors.

NTPC, India's largest power producer, has set coal import target for the next financial year (2014-15) at 15 million tonnes, which may be lowered if Coal India increases its production.

State-owned NTPC Ltd will make a presentation within a week to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to consider its case against new 5-year tariff regulations, according to sources.

Addressing the employees on the company's 38th raising day, CMD NTPC Arup Roy Choudhury said, "Now we have 10 coal mines to take care of the fuel security and also there is urgent need to commence mining operations."