New Delhi: Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will meet on Thursday to discuss a host of issues, including environment related matters concerning the two sectors and the quality of fuel being supplied. "We have identified four-five issues related to environment (clearance), which we will discuss with the coal minister on the April 18," Scindia told reporters.
The coal quality issue will also be dicussed, he added. On whether coal price pooling would be discussed at the meeting, he said that it would be discussed at a separate meeting with Finance Minster P Chidambaram and Coal Minister. Price pooling is the averaging of prices of domestic and imported coal to get a uniform feedstock price in the country.
PSU majors -- Coal India and NTPC -- are at loggerheads over the quality of coal being supplied. NTPC, which is under the Power Ministry, has refused to sign fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Coal India citing concerns over quality of fuel. Coal India's eastern subsidiary earlier this month had stopped supply to NTPC claiming that the power producer had not cleared dues since October 2012....
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03:45 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Congressmen in Madhya Pradesh will sink all their differences before upcoming Assembly polls in the state to prevent the BJP from coming to power again, Union Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Sunday. ...
12:52 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Atrocities on SCs and STs have increased whenever the Congress got weakened in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Mandsaur on Monday. "Whenever the Congress got weakened in the state, atrocities on SCs/STs, backward castes and poor people increased," the Union minister of State for Energy (Independent Charge) said while addressing a public meeting after launching the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme. ...
10:05 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday joined the chorus for Rahul Gandhi as Prime Ministerial candidate in 2014, saying the demand not only reflected feeling in the Congress party, but also those of millions of youth across the country. ...
05:28 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Asserting that India was a "shining star" with a growth rate of 6.5 per cent, which not many countries can boast of, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the country would emerge as a stronger economic force in next one year on the back of continuing reforms. ...
04:40 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Guna: Situation in Gujarat is different from what it is being publicised in media, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said and claimed that "a miracle would take place" in the forthcoming Assembly elections. "A miracle would take place in Gujarat this time as the situation in the state is not like that is widely publicised," Scindia who had gone to Gujarat for campaigning said. The Minister of State for...
12:11 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Surat: Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said the Congress party would return to power in 2014 and Rahul Gandhi would become the Prime Minister. "Congress will return to power under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and I wish Rahul Gandhi will become the Prime Minister in 2014," Scindia, who came here for campaigning told newspersons, responding to a query. Scindia who addressed an election rally...
09:47 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Indore: Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Indore on Thursday that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would prove its majority in Parliament on the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail markets. "The UPA has a majority on the issue of FDI in retail and this will be proved in Parliament," he told reporters at the Indore Press Club. Scindia further said that the Bharatiya...
10:29 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Dinda received the Madhavrao Scindia Award and a cheque of Rs 2.5 lakh for getting 37 wickets for Bengal during the last Ranji Trophy. ...
10:15 PM, Nov 21, 2012
The Congress-led UPA got 17 new faces with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh going in for a major reshuffle of his ministry on Sunday. ...
11:57 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in the biggest reshuffle of Council of Ministers on Sunday. The new ministers are expected to give a firm push to the reforms agenda and help counter the government's image of being soft on corruption. The young brigade in the Council of Ministers is close to Rahul Gandhi even...
12:43 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in on Sunday. Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge as the Minister of State for Power. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Guna in Madhya Pradesh in 2002. He was appointed the Minister of State for Commerce in 2009. D Purandeswari also took charge on Monday. She was...
11:32 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: With an eye on the next elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has initiated an exercise to put its house in order and accommodate regional satraps. Two days back, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, under instructions from the party, met former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The BJP has been trying to reach out to Karnataka leader as he threatens to quit and...
09:28 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. ...
05:50 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's imprint on the Sunday reshuffle in the Council of Ministers is evident with several leaders who are in favour of more economic reforms now a part of his new core team. In the biggest reshuffle of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Cabinet, Manmohan Singh inducted 17 new faces and a total of 22 ministers giving several new and young faces a chance to prove...
05:01 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. Below...
01:37 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA is gearing up for the massive Cabinet revamp on Sunday. After External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni and Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik are expected to resign, while Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi may be given a bigger role in the party as the working president or vice president. And this time, the reshuffle is happening with Rahul...
07:44 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: From Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to celebrities like Nandita Das and Imtiaz Ali, the Dawat-e-Walima (wedding reception) of star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor here Thursday saw the who's who from politics and Bollywood in their finery. Dressed in elegant sherwanis and colourful ghararas, lehengas and saris, some of the country's noted personalities attended the grand event,...
11:54 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Indore: Stating that foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail is allowed only in cities with population of more than 10 lakh and not at villages, Union Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is creating a "negative mayajal" on FDI with Bharat Bandh. FDI in retail, as notified by the Centre, would only enter the cities with population of more...
08:00 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: A Cabinet reshuffle is likely after the Prime Minister's announcement of big ticket reforms. Sources say the emphasis will be on performance and capability. For now, the big four - Defence Minister AK Antony, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will stay. Sources also say that the Rahul Gandhi will most likely not be a part of the government....
01:23 PM, Sep 15, 2012
