2 super thermal power plants get Cabinet nod
TNN | Mar 8, 2019, 04:53 ISTNEW DELHI: Two super thermal power projects with a capacity of 1,320 MW each were approved in Khurja in Uttar Pradesh and Buxar in Bihar. The CCEA approved recommendations of a GoM relating to grant of linkage coal for short-term power purchase agreement and allowed existing coal linkage to be used in case of termination of PPAs due to payment default by discoms and procurement of bulk power by a nodal agency against pre-declared linkages.
The CCEA also gave the go-ahead for construction of Kiru Hydro Electric project (624 mw) by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited in J&K. The project is located on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district.
The Modi cabinet’s decision to set up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, which will start functioning from 2019-20 academic session, will cater to one lakh students and help increase the number of central schools to 1,252. The government has set aside Rs 1,579 crore for development of these KVs over a period of five years.
Around 12.5 lakh students study in the KV system.
Approval was also granted for extension of time and scope for revival and development of unserved and under-served air strips of state governments, Airports Authority of India, civil enclaves, CPSUs, helipads and water aerodromes at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore. The CCEA also approved Rs 2,790 crore towards interest subvention for extending indicative loan amount of Rs 12,900 crore by banks to sugar mills.
In a move to sustain its improvements in reducing the HIV burden, the CCEA approved continuation of the fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme for three years from April 2017 to March 2020.
The CCEA also gave the go-ahead for construction of Kiru Hydro Electric project (624 mw) by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited in J&K. The project is located on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district.
The Modi cabinet’s decision to set up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, which will start functioning from 2019-20 academic session, will cater to one lakh students and help increase the number of central schools to 1,252. The government has set aside Rs 1,579 crore for development of these KVs over a period of five years.
Around 12.5 lakh students study in the KV system.
Approval was also granted for extension of time and scope for revival and development of unserved and under-served air strips of state governments, Airports Authority of India, civil enclaves, CPSUs, helipads and water aerodromes at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore. The CCEA also approved Rs 2,790 crore towards interest subvention for extending indicative loan amount of Rs 12,900 crore by banks to sugar mills.
In a move to sustain its improvements in reducing the HIV burden, the CCEA approved continuation of the fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme for three years from April 2017 to March 2020.
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