While the Government has taken steps to augment coal availability via higher production through Coal India Ltd as well as coal mine bidding, these measures will be inadequate to meet the demands of stalled and under-construction thermal power plants. Ratul Puri Hindustan Powerprojects India’s drive to ensure sustained development is largely dependent on the status […]
At a time when the successful coal auctions bring hope for India’s power sector and the 2015-16 Budget proposes five new ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), the industry itself doubts whether sector constraints would allow these projects to make the grid. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has in the budget for the next fiscal proposed setting […]
In the maiden Budget Speech in Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister announced a budget of Rs.200 crore for power reforms and Rs.500 crore for water reforms to make Delhi a truly world class city Ratul Puri believes that the government’s decision to end the impasse on coal supplies to power plants and ensure availability […]
After an IPO for its Solar unit, Hindustan Powerprojects Pvt Ltd (HPPPL) is raising funds for its renewable energy projects by selling shares of its subsidiary, Hindustan Clean Energy through an initial public offer (IPO) by the end of 2014-15. With new government already in working, we have assurance of revival in the power sector. […]
The thermal arm of Hindustan Powerprojects, Hindustan Thermalprojects, was awarded the National Safety Council Award (NSCI) by the labour ministry in recognition of the firm’s initiatives towards implementing effective occupational safety and health practices at its Anuppur unit in Madhya Pradesh. This is the second consecutive time that the plant has bagged the award. Hindustan […]
While corporate India closely watched how the recently held elections in the country panned out, it has also resulted in serious planning and discussions among various sectors on the impact of new government and policies. Leaders across industries shared how their companies brace the future. While the RGP Group Chairman Harsh Goenka inducted the subject […]
Hindustan Powerprojects Pvt. Ltd (HPPPL) came to be with its Chairman, Ratul Puri, looking for an image makeover for the company, which was earlier known as Moser Baer Power Projects. Moser Baer, founded in 1983 by his father Deepak Puri, became a household name for CDs, DVDs and rewritable discs. However, by 2008 the company […]
Ratul Puri, Chairman, Hindustan Powerprojects Pvt. Ltd (HPPPL), recently outlined key challenges and plausible solutions in Business Standard magazine. According to him, the Indian Power sector has not been able to stimulate and sustain the required capacity addition that would the ever-growing power demand faced by the country. He elaborated on the five key challenges […]
At the recent Business Today ‘Power Breakfast’ held on May 6, 2014 at The Oberoi Delhi, many industrialists were of the view that inflation in India is more of a political problem than an economic problem. According to sources, they believed there were many ways by which inflation can be curbed. Josey Puliyenthuruthel, Managing Editor, […]
With Gujarat’s success story preceding Narendra Modi’s role as the new prime minister, an optimistic outlook is being shared by India’s energy sector to bring about a similar transformation in country too. In a recent article in the Times of India, leading energy and natural resources firms in the country gauged their expectations from the […]