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TopicElectrification

Topic: Electrification

Indian Railways achieves 99.2% electrification, beats Japan and China. What it means

Samridhi Tewari -
Railway electrification in the UK stands at 39 per cent, Russia at 52 per cent, Japan at 64 per cent, and China at 82 per cent.

Big surprise: UP, Bihar do well on clean energy index — electricity in all homes, LPG in most

Revathi Krishnan -
The Niti Aayog’s SDG index reveals that all states, barring Chhattisgarh, have achieved 100 per cent electrification of households.

Modi govt wants 100% rail electrification but doesn’t know what to do with diesel engines

Srinand Jha -
Modi govt plans to electrify 29,000 km of Indian Railways network in 3 years. Total cost, including new engines, pegged at over Rs 1 lakh crore.

Modi govt is flaunting two schemes — one that brings light & one that cuts carbon output

Vikram Sampath -
PM Modi’s Saubhagya scheme electrified 45,000 houses per day and UJALA scheme has distributed over 34.75 crore LED bulbs.

1 million homes still in dark as Narendra Modi fails to achieve power goal

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
The Modi government set out to electrify nearly 40 million homes in 2017, a target that has been shrinking along the way.

Electricity-for-all target shrinks in India as Modi’s deadline nears

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
Modi set out to electrify nearly 40 million homes last year to fulfill his campaign promise of reliable electricity for every citizen. 

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Opinion

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

Kunal Tyagi -
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

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Economy

India’s public debt stabilising post pandemic hike as Centre cuts burden, but states lag—Economic Survey

Sampurna Panigrahi -
While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.

Defence

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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