Tuesday, September 01
India’s central government cannot stop states from issuing their own clean energy tenders even as federal agencies face nearly 50 GW of unsold renewable power, a senior official said on Thursday.Large volumes of centrally bid projects have remained unsold due to pending transmission lines and regulatory delays, Reuters earlier reported, prompting many state discoms to delay signing power purchase agreements.Some industry representatives had urged the Centre to ask states to pause new renewable tenders and instead utilise the unsold power lying with federal agencies.But Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said that clean energy growth in India “is not necessarily going to happen only through federal agencies”.Speaking at a CII event, he said state-l
Putin Modi Meeting: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to begin his first trip to India in four years on Thursday, starting with a private dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit aims to strengthen the long-standing “special and privileged strategic partnership” between the two nations, with trade, economic cooperation and global security issues taking centre stage. India is expected to reiterate its position calling for an early end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a return to diplomacy and dialogue.Read more: S-400s, Russian oil & RuPay–Mir pact: Will the Modi–Putin summit push India closer to Moscow and further from the West?Putin India Visit: Private dinner sets tone for high-level diplomacyPutin is scheduled to arrive early on Thursday evening and h
