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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicElectricity

Topic: electricity

Indian electorate cares about electricity – but the power sector remains deeply challenged

A case study of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha shows how state governments are struggling to provide power access & quality while balancing prices.

Weak power demand indicates more slowdown pain ahead

Listless growth in electricity demand points to lack of appetite among factories & commercial firms who consume about half of India’s power.

Poor electricity service quality plagues Modi’s Saubhagya scheme, but there are ways out

Modi's ambitious rural electrification scheme will work if it breaks away from the traps of power theft, non-repayment and low electricity demand.

As Rs 412 billion piles up in electricity dues, India could implement prepaid system

Power producers, among the biggest holders of soured loans in India, have cited mounting dues from retailers as a key reason for their financial stress.

Railways plans to electrify more than 6,000 km of rail network in fiscal 2019, says Piyush Goyal

Huge investment in railways over the past five years had helped improve safety and complete long-delayed projects, said the railway minister.

Modi govt scheme to cut discom debts makes little headway, targets unlikely to be met

The discoms haven't met or are on the verge of missing deadlines even as states, which took over their debts, grapple with increased fiscal deficits. 

Modi’s Saubhagya scheme can create serious problems with electricity tariffs

Urbanisation and industrialisation—the two words that can solve India's power woes.

How India’s impressive electrification compares with South Asian nations

Modi’s flagship Saubhagya scheme is completing a decade of intense efforts started with Manmohan Singh’s aggressive policies.

This village near Delhi has had no power for 18 days and has to pay even to charge phones

The residents of Kanawani, who have been living in darkness since 25 August, say the transformers in their village keep blowing up because of excessive load. 

Power distribution companies are slowing down Narendra Modi’s Saubhagya scheme

The Saubhagya scheme is crawling as distribution companies lack both capacity and incentive to supply to poor households.

On Camera

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

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.