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Republic of Mali Awards Project

Management Consultancy

Contract to NTPC for Development of 500 MW Solar Park

n an event chaired by the Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and energy security of the country, es-
Hon’ble Minister of State announced jointly with President pecially to increase access to elec-
Ifor Power, NRE, Skill of France during COP21 held tricity for its citizens, with a focus
Development and President of in Paris in 2015. The event was on solar power and applications.
International Solar Alliance (ISA), hosted by ISA in the Ministry of Development of Solar Projects in
Mr. R. K. Singh and Honorable Renewable Energy, New Delhi, Mali will make a considerable im-
Ambassador of Mali H. E. Sekou and graced by the dignitar- pact in socio-economic growth of
Kasse handed over the Project ies, Director General ISA- H.E Mali.
Management Consultancy award Upendra Thripathy, Secretary NTPC, has vast experience in
letter to Mr. Gurdeep Singh, (Power)- Mr. Sanjeev Nandan setting up of Solar Projects and
CMD NTPC, for development Sahai and Secretary(MNRE)- Mr. handling various solar programs
of 500 MW Solar park in the Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi and like the National Solar Mission
Republic of Mali. Secretary (Economic Relations) in India. In 2019, ISA endorsed
ISA is an international, inter-Gov- Mr. Rahul Chhabra are among NTPC as a Project Management
ernmental organization, based others. Consultant through a competitive
in India, created with the vision The Republic of Mali has been process for the member countries
and leadership of Hon’ble Prime taking various initiatives towards to avail the services of NTPC.

Coal India to Ramp up Output

through MDOs

oal India Limited (CIL) in underground. Combined, they excavate, extract, and deliver coal
a major move to increase have a total targeted capacity of to the coal companies of CIL as
Cits coal output and re- around 168 Million Tonnes/Year per the approved mining plan.
duce import dependency of coal (MTY). While the OC projects CIL’s Board recently has given
in the ensuing years has devised have a targeted capacity of 162 its nod in regard to standard bid
a transformative plan to engage MTY, UG projects add up to the document and request for bids
Mine Developer cum Operators rest close to 6 MTY. The contract for the engagement of MDOs.
(MDOs) in its mines. period would be for 25 years or CIL is laying out plans to com-
The coal mining behemoth in the the life of mine whichever is less. plete the formalities by 2021-22
process has identified a total of 15 CIL will engage MDOs of inter- so that all projects become op-
greenfield projects, as on date, to national repute, having state- erational and start yielding the
operate through the MDO model of-the-art-technology through output to contribute in 1 BT by
of which 12 are open cast and 3 open global tenders, who shall 2023-24.

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