CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

A total of 152.90 Gigawatt of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country so far. Minister of New and Renewable Energy and Power, RK Singh said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that during 2020-21, a total of 10786.22 MW of renewable energy capacity has been added in

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved an extension of applicability of New Investment Policy, NIP-2012 for the three units of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited, HURL in Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni.AIR Correspondent reports that HURL is a Joint Venture Compan

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

A Parliamentary panel recommended that the government should extend the subsidy component to a minimum of four LPG cylinders per annum to the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojana, PMUY. The panel has felt that this decision if taken will reduce the burden upon poorer section

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI will jointly organise Asia's largest event on Civil Aviation - WINGS INDIA 2022 - from 24th to 27th of this month at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. Theme of the event is “India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry.” Civil Aviation Mi

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

Rajya Sabha took up up the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022 and the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2022  for consideration and return. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill seeks to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and ou

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

The Government has taken a number of initiatives for incentivizing local development and manufacturing of renewable energy technologies, namely:Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) Scheme of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology: The scheme mai

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

The Ministry of Power has mandated blending of biomass pellets made primarily of agro residue along with coal under the “Revised Policy for Biomass Utilization for power generation Through Co–firing in Coal based Power Plants” issued on 08.10.2021. The salient points

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

The Government has taken several steps to promote renewable energy, including wind energy, in the country. These include:permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route,waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges fo

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

Shri Hardeep S Puri lauds IndianOil R&D for research and innovation and getting over 1500 patentsMinister calls for ramping up scientific research to accomplish a technological breakthrough that could fast-track our economic growthShri Puri launches innovative solar cookto

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Mar 2022

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II for which the guidelines were issued in August 2019. Under this Programme 4000 MW rooftop solar (RTS) capacity addition is targeted in residential sector through Central Financial Assistance (CFA