- The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd, Coal India Ltd, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd. were the top five profit-making CPSEs during 2013-
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Air India Ltd, Hindustan Photofilms Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Hindustan Cables Ltd., and State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. were the top five loss-making CPSEs in 2013-14.
- FDI up to 49% through the government route has been permitted in the defence industry.
- FDI up to 100% through the automatic route has been permitted in construction, operation, and maintenance of identified railway transport infrastructure.
- To provide 24×7 power across the country by 2019, several decisions have been taken for increasing power generation, strengthening of transmission and distribution, separation of feeder and metering of power to consumers.
- The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha to usher in reforms in the power sector, promote competition and efficiency in operation, and improve the quality of supply of electricity.
- With a target of 765.39 billion units (BU) and achievement of 793.73 BU, electricity generation by power utilities has exceeded the target for April-December, 2014. Led by double-digit growth in thermal sector, a 9.9% growth was achieved in power generation during April-December 2014-15. The negative growth in hydro generation in 2014-15 is mainly due to poor monsoon.
- In April-December, 2014-15, in the thermal category, growth in generation from coal, lignite, and gas-based stations was of the order of 14.41% , 9.64%, and (-) 3.89% respectively.
- The capacity-addition target during the Twelfth Plan period is 88,537 MW comprising 26,182 MW in the central sector, 15,530 MW in the state sector, and 46,825 MW in private sector. As against the capacity-addition target of 17,830.3 MW in 2014-15, 11,610.41 MW (including 1,000MW nuclear capacity commissioned) has been added till 31December 2014. The cumulative capacity addition as on 31 December 2014, is 50,058.22 MW, which constitutes 5% of the Twelfth Plan target.
- To reduce aggregate technical and commercial (AT & C) losses, establish IT-enabled energy accounting/auditing, and improve collective efficiency, a new scheme, the ‘Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)’ which subsumes the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP), has been launched.
