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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicElectricity

Topic: electricity

Chinese checkers: India readies masterplan to draw 65 GW hydropower from Brahmaputra basin

In its report, Central Electricity Authority estimates an expenditure of Rs 6.42 lakh crore to put in place the required transmission system in the region.

Indian cities are a mess of overhead wires. Delhi will pay Rs 8 cr to clear just 5 km

Historian Sohail Hashmi called the wires a colonial curse. While Europeans had started undergrounding wires fairly early, the same focus was not reserved for the colonies.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta launches pilot project to convert overhead wires into underground lines

While inaugurating several developmental projects in Shalimar Bagh, the CM said, ‘A time will come when not a single overhead line will be visible in Delhi.’

Electricity regulators need more autonomy. Court rulings not enough, amend Electricity Act

Independent regulators were established in the hope that decision-making would be depoliticised. The ambiguities of the Electricity Act make this difficult.

Government approves investment for Tato-I Hydroelectric Project

Rs 1750 crore investment to boost power supply in Arunachal Pradesh.

ADB supports Tonga’s Renewable Energy Project, new minigrid for efficient electricity supply

The project with a total cost of $53.2 million is co-financed by ADB, Green Climate Fund, the governments of Tonga and Australia, and TPL.

India’s electricity sector needs structural reform. Increase price for domestic sector first

The more domestic consumption gets subsidised, the larger the burden on C&I. This power is also inconsistent. This has set the stage for C&I consumers to exit the system.

Nigerian startup is using microgrids to produce reliable electricity

With no upfront costs for customers, ICE Commercial Power’s rooftop solar energy systems allow local businesses to connect to clean energy on a pay-as-they-go basis.

SC imposes Rs 50,000 fine on Adani Power, rejects plea seeking late surcharge from discoms

SC dismissed Adani Power application seeking Rs 1,300 crore from Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd & 2 other discoms, ruling that application was 'not the proper legal course'.

Did a Congress poll promise drive up Karnataka’s power demand? Why ‘surplus’ state has to buy power

Karnataka is facing a power, shortage, with state govt blaming poor monsoons and 'lack of capacity building'. But it comes in a year when the govt rolled out its free power scheme.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.