The electric power industry covers the generation,transmission,distribution and sale of electric power to the general public and industry. The commercial distribution of electric power started in 1882 when electricity was produced for electric lighting. In the 1880s and 1890s,growing economic and safety concerns lead to the regulation of the industry. What was once an expensive novelty limited to the most densely populated areas,reliable and economical electric power has become an essential aspect for normal operation of all elements of developed economies.
Scottish Power Limited is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow,Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola.
India is the third largest producer of electricity in the world. During the fiscal year (FY) 2022–23,the total electricity generation in the country was 1,844 TWh,of which 1,618 TWh was generated by utilities.
National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London,England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom,where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks,and in the Northeastern United States,where as well as operating transmission networks,the company produces and supplies electricity and gas,providing both to customers in New York and Massachusetts.
The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy,including fuel extraction,manufacturing,refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel,and the energy industry is a crucial part of the infrastructure and maintenance of society in almost all countries.
SaskEnergy Incorporated is a Crown corporation of the Saskatchewan government,responsible for delivering and selling natural gas to residential,commercial,and industrial customers in the province of Saskatchewan,Canada. The company owns 70,000 kilometres of distribution pipelines,15,000 kilometres of transmission pipelines,and serves over 405,000 customers. It is governed by The SaskEnergy Act and is the designated subsidiary of Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38,he is the youngest person to have held the office till date. Yadav is the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since March 2022,an elected Member of Parliament for Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha,and the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. The company is headquartered in Delhi. ONGC was founded on 14 August 1956 by the Government of India. It is the largest government-owned-oil and gas explorer and producer in the country and produces around 70 percent of India's domestic production of crude oil and around 84 percent of natural gas. ONGC is vertically integrated across the entire oil and gas industry. In November 2010,the Government of India conferred the Maharatna status to ONGC.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) is a ministry of the government of India responsible for the exploration,production,refining,distribution,marketing,import,export,and conservation of petroleum,natural gas,petroleum products,and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by the Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. M. M. Kutty is the Secretary of the Ministry. Dharmedndra Pradhan serving as the minister from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021 is the longest serving minister till date.
Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPCL) is a state government-owned group of oil and gas exploration,production and distribution companies based in Gujarat,India. It is India's only state government-owned oil and gas company under the ownership of Department of Energy and Petrochemicals,Government of Gujarat. GSPC was incorporated in 1979 as a petrochemical company.
GAIL (India) Limited is a central public sector undertaking. It has the following business segments:natural gas,liquified natural gas,liquid hydrocarbon,liquefied petroleum gas transmission,petrochemicals,city gas distribution,renewable energy including solar &wind,exploration and production,GAILTEL and electricity generation. GAIL was given the Maharatna status on the 1 February 2013 by the Indian Government,a status which 11 other Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have.
Engie SA is a French multinational utility company,with its headquarters in La Défense,Courbevoie,which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution,natural gas,nuclear,renewable energy and petroleum. It is active in both upstream and downstream activities.
STFA Group is a Turkish conglomerate,providing services in the construction,energy distribution,construction equipment and construction chemicals industries. STFA was founded in 1938 by contractors Sezai Türkeşand Feyzi Akkaya. STFA has been employed in contracts in 24 countries so far,for a cumulative amount of US$25 billion.
The economic development in India followed socialist-inspired politicians for most of its independent history,including state-ownership of many sectors;India's per capita income increased at only around 1% annualised rate in the three decades after its independence. Since the mid-1980s,India has slowly opened up its markets through economic liberalisation. After more fundamental reforms since 1991 and their renewal in the 2000s,India has progressed towards a free market economy. The Indian economy is still performing well,with foreign investment and looser regulations driving significant growth in the country.
Egypt–India relations are bilateral relations between Egypt and India. Modern Egypt–India relations go back to the contacts between Saad Zaghloul and Mahatma Gandhi on the common goals of their respective movements of independence. In 1955,Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser and India under Jawaharlal Nehru became the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. During the 1956 War,Nehru stood supporting Egypt to the point of threatening to withdraw his country from the British Commonwealth. In 1967,following the Six-Day War,India supported Egypt and the Arabs. In 1977,New Delhi described the visit of President Anwar al-Sadat to Jerusalem as a "brave" move and considered the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel a primary step on the path of a just settlement of the Middle East problem. Major Egyptian exports to India include raw cotton,raw and manufactured fertilizers,oil and oil products,organic and non-organic chemicals,leather and iron products. Major imports into Egypt from India are cotton yarn,sesame,coffee,herbs,tobacco and lentils. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum is also currently negotiating the establishment of a natural gas-operated fertilizer plant with another Indian company. In 2004 the Gas Authority of India Limited,bought 15% of Egypt Nat Gas distribution and marketing company.
Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU),formerly Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU),was established on 4th April 2007 by Gujarat Energy Research &Management Institute (GERMI) of the GSPC Group,Government of Gujarat. The university is located at Knowledge Corridor in Raysan municipality,adjacent to the GIFT City of Gandhinagar.
Engro Corporation (Engro) is a Pakistani conglomerate headquartered in,Karachi.
Rabi Narayan Bastia is an Indian geoscientist and the Global Head of Exploration at Lime Petroleum,Norway,known for his contributions in the hydrocarbon explorations at Krishna Godavari Basin (2002),at Mahanadi Basin (2003) and at Cauvery (2007). A non-executive director of Asian Oilfield Services Limited and the President at OilMax Energy,Bastia is a recipient of the Odisha Living Legend Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2007,for his contributions to Science and Technology.
Leakgate was a 2015 scandal in India involving the theft and sale of official documents. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation,officials,including those with the Department of Economic Affairs and the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management allegedly stole documents related to foreign investments and sold them to a firm based in Mumbai,who passed the documents on to a number of private companies,including DLF Limitless Developers,HDFC Bank,Glenmark Pharmaceuticals,Infraline Energy Modril India,Prime Living,NovaLead Pharma,IndusInd Bank and Kakardi British Realty.
