What could be the worst situation for a nationalised or private bank than rising non-performing assets (NPAs), and that too from a sector, which has promised high returns, once implemented. Yes! We are talking about the power sector.

Primarily, as an industry player, I seek reforms in the transmission and distribution sectors. If we bring down the current T&D losses, which stands at 26 per cent, by around 10 per cent, we can save Rs 3 lakh crore worth of power.

Hard work by state energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has finally paid off with coal minister Piyush Goyal allocating a captive coal block to Mahagenco. The Mahajanwadi block is located in Nagpur district and has 340 mt coal.

With an agenda to attract investment in India, the IIFCL has organised a one-on-one discussion of Indian infra developer with Korean investors. The Korean delegation was led by Kim Kyung Wook, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Republic of Korea and Song, Byung Hak, Managing Director, KDB Infrastructure Investment Asset Management Co Ltd.

Touted as a power starved nation, India stands out on the world map for having the highest number of people living without power. A shame in itself, the subject is further muddled up in a tug-of-war between the state and Centre.

The recent Supreme Court order in the Hindustan Zinc Ltd Vs Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) case has given the Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) cause a huge boost (See Box: Supreme Court Verdict). But, while most industry players POWER TODAY spoke to deemed the verdict long awaited

Vedanta, the global, diversified natural resource company has appointed Ajay Dixit as Chief Executive Officer, Power, effective May 11, 2015.

To create jobs and reduce poverty, India has to grow faster; which cannot happen without sufficient power being made available to consumers. To achieve this, our successive governments have been grappling with policy guidelines and regulatory frameworks for this sector for the last 20 odd years.

India´s engines of economic growth - its cities - have taken centre stage. And with this, many countries world over have turned towards the country´s plan of developing 100 smart cities.