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Cabinet Approves ₹109 Billion PM E-DRIVE Program to Boost Electric Mobility

The Union Cabinet has approved the ‘PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Program,’ and the ‘PM-eBus Sewa-Payment...

September 12, 2024

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Arjun Joshi

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Electric Vehicles

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Market & Policy
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Cabinet Approves ₹74 Billion VGF Program for Offshore Wind Projects

The Union Cabinet has approved a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) program with a total outlay of ₹74.53 billion (~$893.34 million) for offshore wind energy projects. The...

June 20, 2024

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Arjun Joshi

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Finance and M&A

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Wind
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Daily News Wrap-Up: MNRE Adds 3.5 GW of New Solar Module Capacity to ALMM

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 3,508 MW of new solar module capacity. The...

May 28, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Cabinet Approves New Rooftop Solar Subsidy Program

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...

March 1, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Andhra Pradesh DISCOM Experiences Steepest Rating Decline in FY 2020

The Ministry of Power released its ninth annual integrated ratings for the state distribution companies (DISCOMs) for the financial year (FY) 2020. Overall, 16 DISCOMs...

July 21, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Grid

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Grid Optimization
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Production-Linked Incentive Program for Solar Cells and Modules Approved

The Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) proposal for the implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) program...

April 7, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Modules

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Solar
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Cabinet Approves ₹67 Billion Plan for Power Infrastructure of North Eastern States

The cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) for the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) with an...

December 16, 2020

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Rahul Nair

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Grid

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T&D
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Government Seeks Proposals from States for 5,000 Electric Buses

The Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) under the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises has invited expressions of interest from state transport departments...

June 7, 2019

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Soumik Dutta

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Electric Vehicles

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Market & Policy
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Cabinet Approves Program to Provide 300,000 Solar Street Lights Across India

The Union Cabinet has approved phase three of the Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Application Program. The program, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic...

June 7, 2018

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Nitin Kabeer

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Off-grid

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Solar

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