Carpooling firms like QuickRide, QuicReach, GoPool, and BlaBlaCar are looking at increasing their market share as commuters seek cheaper options amid rising travel costs.
According to sources, the Union Cabinet in a meeting is likely to discuss criticial issues relating to the power sector, such as de-nationalization of coal, pooling of coal and gas prices and as well as direction on the fate of de-allocation coal blocks.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has shelved coal price pooling. Vinayak Chatterjee, chairman, Feedback Infrastructure, thinks this as a very disappointing move.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Power, said the North Karanpura Project will be on stream in the 13th Plan, and discom viability would be the biggest focus area for the power ministry. .
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved in-principle the averaging of prices of domestic and imported coal to get a uniform feedstock price in the country, but asked coal and power ministries to come back with specifics of the proposal.