The sites are spread across 5 to 6 states, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Odisha, the people said, asking not to be named as discussions aren’t final.
India has set target of generating 100 GW nuclear power by 2047. NTPC is scouting for about 35-36 sites across the country for setting up nuclear plants.
The 2800 MWe nuclear power plant is set to be inaugurated by PM Modi next week. Govt has set an ambitious target of 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047.
ED alleged in affidavit to Ahmedabad court that Bahubali Shah and brother Shreyansh Shah routed more than Rs 26 cr to corner shares of NTPC and TCS during Initial Public Offerings.
Move comes at a time when state is locked in a tussle with Punjab & Haryana over the cess, while power generation companies have even moved HC challenging the levy.
Tunnelling work by NTPC, say activists and geologists, have accelerated land subsidence, while widening of roads for Char Dham project has destabilised Joshimath's ecology and geology.
The fuel will mainly be used at power plants located far from domestic mines, which are most vulnerable to disruptions. India has been grappling with shortages of coal since August.
The New Delhi-based company is also looking to sell its stake in NTPC-SAIL Power Co., a joint venture with SAIL for supplying electricity to the steelmaker’s mills and townships.
Officials say NTPC plans to build large renewable energy parks for which it has secured land for 5-gigawatt facility in Gujarat. It will also set up offshore wind power plants.
In an interview with ThePrint Thursday, Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of Recorded Future, said China-linked RedEcho is a ‘sophisticated group’ that is good at targeting specific entities.
The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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