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News Reports

Economic recovery in sight as India’s electricity demand records a new high, crosses 200 GW on Wednesday

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2021

Power and New Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh said that India’s electricity demand recorded a new high of over 200 gigawatts

News Reports

Metro-man E Sreedharan keeps his poll promise despite losing election, pays for arrears of SC families from his own pocket

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2021

Despite losing the Kerala Assembly elections, BJP candidate E Sreedharan did not forget to fulfil his poll promise

Government and Policy

The success of Gujarat model: How Narendra Modi pioneered reforms to restructure the ailing power sector in Gujarat

Shashank Bharadwaj - 24 March, 2021

Before Narendra Modi became the CM in 2001, the power sector in Gujarat was in very bad state, which was turn around by the government

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Sarkar introduces air-conditioned electric buses in Lucknow, more cities to follow

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2021

Earlier, the government had said that as many as 350 electric buses will be plying on roads across six cities: Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj and Jhansi.

News Reports

‘Govt is paying MSP much higher than market price for some crops’: Nitin Gadkari speaks on farm reforms, ethanol fuel and more

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2021

Nitin Gadkari talked about EVs, ethanol production, MSMEs and more in an interview with the Indian Express.

News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Saubhagya Scheme brings electricity to far-flung villages in Nowshera for the first time

Dibakar Dutta - 9 November, 2020

Saubhagya Scheme reaches far-flung villages along the LoC.

News Reports

Electricity grid failure plunges Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai in darkness, trains delayed

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2020

Power outage experienced across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR) after Kalwa transformer that is the main supply line that provides electricity to Mumbai suffered multiple trippings and failures.

News Reports

Kashmir: Residents heave a sigh of relief as 3 remote villages near LoC get electricity for the first time after 73 years

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2020

Keran, Mundian, and Patruu villages near LoC in Kashmir get electricity after completion of a electrification project

News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Remote villages in Shopian get electricity for the first time with PM’s Soubhagya scheme

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2020

Electricity to these villages has been provided under the central government's Saubhagya Scheme launched by PM Modi in 2017.

Politics

Shiv Sainiks to launch ‘chaddi-baniyan’ protest against their own govt in Maharashtra to oppose inflated electricity bills

Jinit Jain - 6 July, 2020

Shiv Sena members donning briefs and vests are planning to launch a protest against govt in Maharashtra against the unusually high electricity bills

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