The government wants to implement direct benefit transfer in the electricity sector for better targeting of subsidies and freeing renewable energy from licensing requirements
1 min read10 Sep 2018Direct benefit transfer (DBT) in the electricity sector will allow for better targeting of subsidies, says power minister Raj Kumar Singh
3 min read8 Dec 2017Neither Ujala programme nor Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana offer any compelling explanation for the sudden spike in brightness of India's night-time light satellite images
4 min read18 Oct 2017L&T has won the EESL contract to supply the smart electricity meters at Rs2,722 a piece, the lowest bid, is about 40-50% lower than the current market rate
1 min read10 Oct 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared