India Petitions Against Certain Verdicts by WTO Dispute Panel

India has specified that it appeals and requests the appellate body to reverse the findings and conclusions of the panel concerning the errors of law and legal...

Policies & Regulations | August 23, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2598 readings

MNRE Sanctions Proposal to Pronounce Ocean Energy As Renewable Energy

Post the resolution, ocean energy will be permitted to be eligible for meeting the non-solar Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO)

Policies & Regulations | August 23, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2834 readings

Karnataka Ranks Best in Roof Top Solar Development under SARAL Index

The state rooftop solar attractiveness index–SARAL released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on Wednesday believed that Telangana, Gujarat,...

Policies & Regulations | August 22, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2521 readings

Centre Recommends Fund Cuts for States Missing UDAY Targets: R K Singh

The Centre in November 2015 had launched the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) to bring about the operational and financial turnaround of debt-laden power...

Policies & Regulations | August 22, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2224 readings

MNRE Introduces State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index (SARAL)

ARAL is the first of its kind index to provide a comprehensive overview of state-level measures adopted to facilitate rooftop solar deployment.

Policies & Regulations | August 22, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2621 readings

MNRE Releases Guidelines for Phase-II of 40 GW Rooftop Solar Programme

The Government of India (MNRE) has set the target of accomplishing 100 GW of solar power capacity in the country by the year 2022 of which 40 GW to be accomplished...

Policies & Regulations | August 21, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2965 readings

MNRE Relaxes Bidder Selection Rules under PM KUSUM Scheme

As per the new revisions of the government, to guarantee quality and post-installation services only manufacturers of solar water pumps or manufacturers of...

Policies & Regulations | August 20, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2982 readings

Government Set to Inaugurate Integrated Power Scheme in 53 J&K Towns

“The scheme will bring improvement in consumer satisfaction and power supply reliability, monitoring of all feeders, proper energy accounting and auditing...

Policies & Regulations | August 20, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2413 readings

MNRE Requests Startups to Make Ground-Breaking Solutions at Reward of Rs 10 Lakhs

Under this program, the ministry has delivered a unique opportunity to early-stage companies (startups) and innovators to crack some key challenges which are...

Policies & Regulations | August 19, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2555 readings

Power Gencos’ Unpaid Dues from Discoms Rise to Rs 46,000 Crores in June

In order to give respite to power generation companies, the Centre has enforced a payment security mechanism from August 1, 2019. Under this mechanism, the...

Policies & Regulations | August 19, 2019 | By News Bureau |  2417 readings