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Cabinet Approves New Rooftop Solar Subsidy Program with Outlay of ₹750.21 Billion

The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, aimed at installing rooftop solar systems on 10 million households, with a total outlay...

February 29, 2024

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Satish Shetty

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Solar
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MNRE May Do Away with CPSUs’ Involvement in Rooftop Solar Program

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 300 units of free electricity through rooftop solar projects installed under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the...

February 15, 2024

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Satish Shetty

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PM Surya Ghar Program to Offer ₹78,000 for 3 kW Residential Rooftop Solar Systems

A new program to install rooftop solar systems on 10 million households across India will be called ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ and will have an outlay of ₹750...

February 14, 2024

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Markets & Policy

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Rooftop
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MES Floats Tender for 1.33 MW Solar Projects at Jaipur Military Station

Military Engineer Services (MES) has invited bids for 1.33 MW solar power projects at various locations at Jaipur Military Station. The last date for submission of bids...

February 5, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Budget 2023 Allows Energy Supply Chain Diversification: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon energy industry stakeholders to invest in green initiatives and added that the country’s 2023 budget provided opportunities to...

February 23, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Biofuel

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Energy Storage
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Modi Launches National Portal for Rooftop Solar, Program to Revamp DISCOMs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Portal for Rooftop Solar, enabling online tracking of the installation process of rooftop solar plants and the...

August 2, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Rooftop

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Solar
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Gujarat’s Petroleum University Inaugurates a 45 MW Solar Module Manufacturing Unit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi e-inaugurated a 45 MW monocrystalline solar panel manufacturing unit at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) in Gujarat. “The...

November 23, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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Budget 2020 Allocates ₹220 Billion to Power & Renewable Energy Sector, Empowers Consumers

Amid the ongoing economic slowdown, the Union Budget 2020-21 has tried to instill hope in the investors and taxpayers. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented...

February 1, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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India to Ramp Up its Renewable Capacity to 450 GW: PM Modi at UN Climate Action Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is going to increase the share of non-fossil fuels to 175 GW by 2022 and will further take it to 450 GW. He was speaking to...

September 24, 2019

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Anjana Parikh

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Renewable Energy
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RK Singh Returns as the Union Power Minister Under PM Modi’s New Cabinet

Former IAS officer turned bureaucrat politician R.K. Singh has returned as the Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) under team...

June 6, 2019

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Soumik Dutta

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Installations Jumped from Just 3 GW to 25 GW in 4 Years Under PM Modi

It has been a little over four years since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over and it is...

May 30, 2019

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Raj Prabhu

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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India’s Solar Industry Reacts to Modi Government’s Win in Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Stakeholders in India’s renewable energy sector are upbeat about the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) coming back into power for a second term under the leadership of Prime...

May 24, 2019

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Saumy Prateek

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Budget 2019: Tempered Expectations from India’s Solar Industry

The year 2018 was a tumultuous one for the solar industry. Vague interpretation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates led to a long period of confusion which in turn...

January 30, 2019

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Nitin Kabeer

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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NITI Aayog Report Advocates the Elimination of Direct Subsidies to EV Users

The NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the government of India conducted a two-day summit to raise awareness about the various aspects of mobility, and to bring together...

September 11, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Electric Vehicles

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Market & Policy
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India Imposes Restrictions on Export and Import of Biofuels

The Government of India has imposed restrictions on the export and import of biofuels. Recently, government issued two separate restricting orders pertaining to the...

August 31, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Biofuel

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Other

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