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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicElectrification

Topic: Electrification

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

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

Mansoor Ali Shah -
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

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Economy

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Udit Bubna -
Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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