FICCI led a high-level business delegation accompanying Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, GoI to Vienna and London, aiming not only to see stronger business ties but also to express what could beckon Austria and UK to India.

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal reviewed issues relating to hydro power development in Arunachal Pradesh with Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal. Reiterating his stand over the Lower Subansiri Project, Khandu during the meeting, said the project has been stuck for a long time.

NALCO dedicated 100.80 MW of wind power plants to the nation. Jual Oram, Minister for Tribal Affairs and Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines were present on the occasion at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Power giant NTPC said it has paid an interim dividend of Rs.2,152.07 crore, being 26.10 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company for Financial Year 2016-17, to its shareholders.

Union Minister for Coal Piyush Goyal, in a media interaction discussed how the coal segment has shown tremendous transformation.

Out of 18,452 un-electrified villages, 11,931 villages have been electrified as on January 30, 2017 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

GoI, in line with National Cyber Security Policy 2013, has created sectoral Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to mitigate cyber security threats in power systems.

1,639,265 street bulbs have been replaced with LED Lights throughout the country under Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP). This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in Lok Sabha informed that inter regional transmission corridors (IRTC) are planned and implemented for transfer of power from surplus states/regions to deficit states/regions on short term basis, subject to availability of margins in these lines.