Cabinet Decisions
Cabinet nod for setting up 600 MW pithead thermal plant in West Bengal
Shimla: To meet power shortages especially in winter months, the Himachal cabinet today decided to set up a 600 pithead thermal plant in west Bengal under a joint venture, even as it approved continuation of the market intervention scheme (MIS) for fruits by announcing minimum support price (MSP) for mangoes and gave its nod for starting emergency ambulance services under a private public partnership mode.
Presided over by chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal the cabinet granted permission for setting up the proposed joint-venture thermal power plant with HP Power Corporation Ltd and Eastern Minerals & Trading Agency (EMTA) Power Ltd as partners.
On being allocated a coal pithead in West Bengal, the 600 MW thermal plant would involve an investment of Rs 4000 crore and would help to supplement power needs, a cabinet spokesman said.
For implementing the MIS scheme the cabinet announced opening of 34 procurement centers where both natural grown and grafted variety of mangoes would be bought between July 1 and August 15 at the differing rates of Rs 4.58 and Rs 5.25 per Kg. The procurement agencies, HPMC, HIMFED and HP Agro Industries would be entitled Rs 1.30 per Kg as handling charges. Read Full Story
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