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