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Government’s Expenditure on Promoting Solar Rises 63% During Last Four Years

The government’s expenditure on various programs promoting solar energy was 63% higher at ₹32.4 billion (~$392 million) in the current financial year (FY2022-23)...

March 16, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Grid

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Renewable Energy

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Solar
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Tamil Nadu Offers Concessions to Attract ₹500 Billion in EV Manufacturing

Tamil Nadu plans to attract ₹500 billion (~$6.04 billion) in investments in the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing segment and create 150,000 new jobs in the next five...

February 16, 2023

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Tariffs, Tax Breaks, & Incentives: Solar Sector Has Big Expectations from Budget 2022

India is looking at some large capacity additions in the years ahead to reach the target of 300 GW of solar by 2030. The country’s cumulative installed solar capacity at...

January 28, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Assam’s Electric Vehicle Policy 2021 Aims at 200,000 EVs to be Deployed by 2026

Assam is the latest Indian state to announce an electric vehicle (EV) policy. The Electric Vehicle Policy of Assam, 2021 aims for 25% EV penetration in all vehicle...

September 6, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Odisha Announces EV Policy, Aims 20% Electric Vehicle Registrations by 2025

The Odisha Government has announced the Electric vehicle (EV) Policy, 2021, which aims to accelerate the adoption of EVs, especially in the category of electric...

August 31, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Maharashtra’s Draft EV Policy, 2021, Aims 25% E-Public Transport by 2025

The Maharashtra Government has announced the Draft Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy, 2021. The policy aims to support the adoption of sustainable and clean mobility...

July 14, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Meghalaya Announces Electric Vehicle Policy with Purchase Subsidy for Early Adopters

The Transport Department of the Government of Meghalaya has issued the ‘Meghalaya Electric vehicle Policy, 2021’, which aims to see electric vehicles (EV)...

March 5, 2021

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Nithin Thomas Prasad

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Electric Vehicles

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Market & Policy
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No Registration Fee or Road Tax for First 200,000 Electric Two-Wheelers in Telangana

The Government of Telangana has released its new Electric Vehicle (EV) and Energy Storage Policy for 2020-2030, announcing subsidies, policy measures, and other...

November 3, 2020

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Nithin Thomas Prasad

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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Delhi to Disburse Subsidies Within Two Days of Electric Vehicle Purchase

The Delhi Government announced that it would soon introduce a subsidiary plan under its recently launched electric vehicle (EVs) policy for buyers of electric vehicles,...

September 14, 2020

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Harsh Shukla

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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“Nothing in it for Us”: Solar Industry Reacts to 2019 Budget

The interim budget announced by interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal did not offer much for India’s renewable energy sector. Mercom had reported that the budget could...

February 4, 2019

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Saumy Prateek

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Gujarat Announces RfS for 500 MW of Solar Projects

The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has issued Request for Selection (RfS) for the purchase of power from 500 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic power...

January 2, 2019

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Nitin Kabeer

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Electricity Demand in India Will Almost Triple Between 2018 and 2040: World Bank

More than 250 million people in South Asia live without access to electricity, which is a quarter of the global population living off the grid, reveals a new report In...

December 24, 2018

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Nitin Kabeer

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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Gujarat Provides Subsidy to 2,000 Consumers for Purchasing Two-Wheeler EVs

Around 2,000 people have been provided subsidies for the purchase of two-wheeler Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the state of Gujarat. Each beneficiary has been provided a...

February 19, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Electric Vehicles

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Energy Storage
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Economic Survey 2018 Calls for Review of Subsidies for India’s Green Energy Sector

Concerns about tumbling tariffs and frequent Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) renegotiations were just a few of the items highlighted by the Economic Survey 2018, which...

January 30, 2018

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Ankita Rajeshwari

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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