When faced with problems, this babu came up with innovative solutions, discovers Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar. IMAGE: Due to P David Rajah Beula's solar-powered light, farmers have reduced their......
S Kabilan, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2007 to 2012. An engineering graduate from IIT, Madras, Kabilan......
M G Devasahayam, retired from the Indian Administrative Service as a secretary to the government of India. Before becoming an IAS officer, he was in the Indian Army for five years, and had taken......
It was 5 pm on Wednesday when the power went out in my village in Tamil Nadu. While my wife confidently said that it would be back in an hour, little did we know it would take 22 hours for it to......
It was 5 pm on Wednesday when the power went out in my village in Tamil Nadu. While my wife confidently said that it would be back in an hour, little did we know it would take 22 hours for it to......
An electricity board with accumulated loss of Rs 50,000 crore, and daily power cuts of six to eight hours - this was the situation in Tamil Nadu till recently. The total loss of the Tamil Nadu......
Tamil Nadu is facing a shortage of 2,000-2,500 Mw. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has proposed a compulsory two-day power holiday for both heavy and light industries due to the ongoing......
The Tamil Nadu government has slashed the power tariffs on domestic consumption ranging from 32 to 42 per cent in the different brackets, providing a state subsidy of Rs 910 crore (Rs billion) (Rs......
K Vasudevan, director, Alstom and chairman of the Energy Cell of Confederation of Indian Industry, believes that the next five years are very crucial for India. Asserting that most electricity......