Jaipur: Union Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said there was no irregularity on part of the Centre in coal block allocation, and alleged that some political parties with "vested interest" were creating an atmosphere detrimental to the country's growth. Some people (political leaders) with vested interest do not want the country to progress hence they were creating an atmosphere not favour in the growth of the nation, said the...
01:09 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: Power Minister Veerappa Moily has questioned the credibility of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) saying its findings could trigger policy paralysis. "Today, we find a lot of credibility gap in that report, because it is far from reality. I think this report is without proper study and research. Perhaps, you know, they will be precipitating a policy paralysis in the government. I think they will...
08:48 AM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Union Power Minister Veerappa Moily on Monday came under fire from Congress colleague and former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh for his suggestion to imprison the chief secretaries of states that overdrew power from the power grids. He said, "I differ with Moily on this issue. I think Moily wants somebody to take the responsibility for all these things. I think it is the government after all... People...
02:36 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Twenty days after the devastating power grid failure, do we have a clear idea of what caused them and how does the government view the wider power scenario? These are the two key questions I shall discuss today with the new Power Minister, Dr Veerappa Moily. Dr Moily, let's start with the two consecutive power grid failure at the end of July....
09:19 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Power Minister Veerappa Moily has said that his ministry will take stern steps like heavy fines and even imprisonment to prevent states from overdrawing power from the grids. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the minister gave assurances that the grid collapse that happened on two consecutive days in the end of July will not happen again. Below is an edited transcript of the excerpt from the interview. Karan...
07:56 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Bangalore: Asserting that allocation of coal blocks was done by the UPA Government in accordance with law, Union Corporate Affairs and Power Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said it was not "fair" to question the integrity of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh based on the CAG report. The Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) holding the UPA Government responsible for the loss of revenue to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore...
08:14 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Commenting on the recent grid collapse, Power Minister Veerappa Moily said that there is no compromise on the power code. ...
07:31 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the country faced its worst grid collapse, Union Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday took the additional charge of the Power Ministry. Addressing mediapersons after assuming the office, Moily asserted that he would not allow grid collapse again. "I am confident we will not allow this to happen again. We are keeping vigil," said Moily. Talking about the current situation, Moily said that there...
05:15 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: The newly-appointed Power Minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday refrained from blaming states for overdrawing electricity that may have led to the collapse of the three grids on Tuesday and said he will focus on combating the many troubles that are facing the sector. Moily, who took charge of the Ministry on Wednesday morning, said that he would take stock of the situation and start working on clearing the...
12:08 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Sushil Kumar Shinde is elevated as Home Minister while P Chidambaram comes back as Finance Minister. ...
11:53 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Three power lifelines - the north, eastern and north-eastern grids - collapse leaving almost half of India without power. ...
11:30 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday described the minor Cabinet reshuffle as "pathetic" and questioned the credibility and competence of new Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. "This change is pathetic. It is a clear case of talent deficit. P Chidambaram's role has been questionable as the Finance Minister. There are allegations against his family," BJP's chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said, adding that the UPA...
11:09 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Veerappa Moily spoke on how he plans to tackle the power crisis. And embarrassingly for him, there was a power cut during the interview. ...
10:55 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: As half of India struggles to deal with collapse of northern and eastern power grid, the UPA leadership was involved in power tussle of a different kind. Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the man who should be answering questions on why for two days running has there been a power grid collapse, was promoted as the Home Minister. Not just that, Sushil Kumar Shinde is also set to...
09:40 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: In a minor Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Home Minister P Chidambaram was moved to the Finance Ministry, which was being handled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while current Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde took over as the new Home Minister. Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily has been given the additional responsibility of the Power Ministry. Shinde is also expected to be made the Leader of the House in...
06:25 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Bangalore: With a rainfall deficit of nearly 70 per cent, production has dipped to an all time low and fodder is likely to last for only another ten weeks. CNN-IBN travels to Union Minister Veerappa Moily's constituency Chikkaballpur to take stock of the situation. 68-year-old Baajisaab says he doesn't remember seeing such a bad monsoon in decades. His 6 acres in Bagepalli in Chikkaballapur district are set to yield nothing....
08:10 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Congress ministers on Thursday slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his remark "Hang me if I am guilty" with reference to the 2002 riots in the state, terming it as "highly reprehensible and irresponsible". In an interview to Urdu weekly Nai Duniya, Modi said "Hang me if I am guilty ('Main gunehgaar hoon toh mujhe phaansi par latkaa do')" on the Gujarat riots. Modi, a Bharatiya Janata...
05:29 PM, Jul 26, 2012
The government seems to be trying to play down the Maruti unrest. ...
12:40 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Bangalore: The violence in Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant will send a "very wrong message" to the world on the industrial climate in the region, Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. Noting that violence cannot be justified at all, he said Manesar and Gurgaon in Haryana are known to be "fertile grounds" for industrialisation and many units had come up in those areas. "That (the violence) will send...
03:39 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Bangalore: Claiming that the Lokpal bill it introduced in Parliament was the "best", Government on Saturday said there is no justification for Team Anna's indefinite fast from July 25 unless there is a "political" motive. "Unless he (Anna Hazare) has political motive, he has absolutely no justification going for any more agitation," Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said. Moily, a former Union Law Minister, said: "Anna Hazare should realise...
12:20 AM, Jul 22, 2012
