Tata Chemicals Limited honoured for excellence in energy management

Kolkata, Aug 28 2013 (IBNS): Indian global company with interests in chemicals, crop nutrition and consumer products Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) bagged an esteemed award for Excellence in Energy Management 2013 from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the company's Babrala plant in Uttar Pradesh.

TCL won for 'Energy Efficient Unit' award in general category.

The company was felicitated in 14th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2013 at a gala function in Hyderabad.

The award strengthens the company's commitment to environmental stewardship and its constant endevour of meeting sustainability goals, noted officials.

Tata Chemicals' Babrala plant was amongst 76 selected companies from around 232 applicants from across India.

The company was selected based on the rigorous efforts on Energy Conservation during the last three years, CII stated.

Speaking on the achievement, R Mukundan, MD, Tata Chemicals Limited said, "All Tata Chemicals manufacturing plants have demonstrated a sustainable performance in achieving targets on their energy, water and inclusivity dimensions and are becoming benchmark on their environmental and safety performance."

"Our Babrala plant is amongst the most energy efficient fertilizer plant in India. These prestigious awards and recognitions help us calibrate our approach to raise the bar and meet the emerging expectations around sustainable performance," Mukundan said.

CII noted that the companies have been evaluated based on criteria such as Continuous improvements for energy conservation; recycle of waste, focus on renewable energy resources, latest energy management system (ISO-50001) etc.

Categories for the award include Cement, Power and Building and General.

The objective of the awards was to recognize and award 'Excellence' in Energy Management in Industries and to facilitate sharing of information by excellent energy efficient companies.

CII said that the entire focus of the evaluation was to assess the trend of reduction in specific energy consumption, its proximity towards global best in energy consumption, innovation in identifying and implementing energy saving projects, savings achieved, methodology adopted during the implementation, proven efforts taken by the company to sustain the savings and utilization of Renewable Energy & waste materials.

Tata Chemicals Babrala plant has also been awarded the Sword of Honour four times by the British Safety Council, company officials noted.

Onion wholesale prices Cheaper at Rs 10 in Nashik, August 19 2013

Nashik, Aug 19 (IBNS) Wholesale prices of onions declined by over Rs 10 in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Monday, said reports."The rate has come down to Rs 36-33 per kg from 47-45 per kg last week," reported CNN-IBN. Pertinently, Nashik's wholesale market is the largest in India.

"The fall in onion prices in Nashik could impact prices elsewhere in the country over the next few weeks. The prices are expected to drop further and stabilise later in August when new crop comes in," said the news channel.

With onion prices soaring as high as Rs 80 a kg, Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government has started selling onionsat around Rs 50 per kg Saturday onwards.

The government has deployed 150 mobile vans to cover 600 points across the city where people can buy onions at a cheaper rate.

Besides, the vegetables can be availed at discounted rates at 400 stores, including 280 Mother Dairy outlets, across the city.

Keeping in mind that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was ousted in 1998 following rise in onion prices, Dikshit made this well-planned move three months before the assembly elections.