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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicPower subsidy

Topic: power subsidy

‘Unacceptable’, says BJP after Himachal govt pares back free power scheme, excludes income tax payers

Congress had promised 300 free units of electricity before coming to power in 2022. The current scheme offers 125 free units and was launched by the previous BJP-led govt.

Siddaramaiah govt’s free power plan could ‘cost Rs 12,000 crore/year, increase consumption’

‘Gruha Jyothi’ & 4 other schemes have got ‘in principle’ approval, estimated to cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore. Karnataka has 2.1 cr domestic consumers, of which 1.26 cr are BPL households.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.