New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A total of 20,85,514 rooftop solar systems have been installed across the country, benefiting 26,14,446 households, since the launch of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana in February 2024, the government said on Tuesday.A total disbursement of Rs 14,771.82 crore was made as Central Financial Assistance up to December 2025, according to an official statement from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) is a demand-driven scheme w…
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New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The ED attached a Rs 32 crore apartment in Gurugram belonging to a company which bought it using loan funds illegally diverted from an associate company, an official said on Monday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Headquarters Investigation Unit (HIU), New Delhi, issued a Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002, attaching Apartment No. 1516B, The Magnolias, DLF City Phase-V, Wazirabad, Gurugram, Haryana, registered in the name of Anvi …
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) A groundbreaking ceremony for a 240 kW grid-integrated and 25 kW off-grid solar project at Bhutan’s Jigme Namgyel Engineering College in Dewathang took place on Thursday as part of the Himalayan kingdom’s strategy to enhance renewable energy.”India is glad to support Bhutan’s clean energy vision and solar capacity development,” the Embassy of India in Thimphu said in a post on X.Earlier this week, a groundbreaking ceremony was also held for a 200 kW rooftop solar p…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India needs to further strengthen its renewable energy (RE) ecosystem and scale clean energy deployment, according to a senior government official.Santosh Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said that India’s renewable energy journey over the last decade has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by phenomenal leapfrogging in global rankings.“Our strategy has been defined by a single-minded national objective pursued across three clear vertic…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) To promote green hydrogen and clean mobility in the country, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday took a joint ride in the Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) here.Joshi drove the Mirai from Bharat Mandapam to the residence of Gadkari in the national capital, highlighting the government’s commitment to promoting green hydrogen and clean mobility in the country…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India is on course to achieve its ambitious target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil fuel power capacity by 2030, with a strong pipeline of renewable energy projects already in place, a top government official has said.India currently has around 260 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity, Santosh Sarangi, Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said while speaking to NDTV Profit.This means the country needs to add about 240 GW more over the next few years, …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India saw highest-ever renewable energy capacity addition in 2025 at 44.51 GW (till November) which is nearly double as compared to the 24.72 GW during the same period last year, the government said on Monday.The total renewable energy installed capacity reached 253.96 GW in November 2025, which is an increase of over 23 per cent as compared to the 205.52 GW in November 2024.Solar capacity addition is 34.98 GW, compared to the 20.85 GW during the same period last year. S…