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National Energy Conservation Day
National Energy Conservation Day is observed in India every year on 14 December to raise awareness about the importance of conserving energy and promoting sustainable energy management. The...
World’s First Electronic Flight takes off from Canada
The first fully electronic flight in the world completed its test flight successfully on December 10, 2019. The flight is to operate from Vancouver, Canada to the near...
Central Electricity Authority proposed Universal Feeder Code
The Central Electricity Authority/ CEA has proposed the implementation of a standardised Universal Feeder Code. A feeder is a power line that is used to transmit the electricity...
National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 2019
Vice President of India M. Venkiah Naidu conferred ‘National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 2019’ at a function organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with...Ministry of Power released data on India’s per capita consumption of electricity
As per data released by the Ministry of Power, during 2018-19, India’s per capita consumption of electricity was 1,181 kWh. Highlights from the data released Dadra and Nagar...
Home Ministry, UN Women Launches Campaign to End Violence Against Women
Union Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with UN Women launched an awareness campaign to end violence against women. As part of campaign a ‘UNiTE to End Violence...HPCL and Power Grid Corporation get Maharatna status in October 2019
Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to public sector undertaking’s (PSU’s) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Power Grid Corporation. Two separate orders to this effect were...
Govt. accords ‘Maharatna’ status to Power Grid Corp, HPCL
Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to public sector undertaking’s (PSU’s) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Power Grid Corporation. Two separate orders to this effect were...
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai appointed new Power Secretary
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of senior IAS officer Sanjeev Nandan Sahai as the new power secretary. The order in this regard was...
State Power Ministers Conference
A two – day state power ministers conference starting on October 11, 2019, is to be held in the banks of Narmada river at Kevadia, Gujarat. The conference...
Govt. launches PRAKASH Portal for monitoring coal supply to power plants
Union Power Minister (Independent charge) Raj Kumar Singh and Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi have jointly launched PRAKASH– Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony...
