Highlighting the need for collaboration among DISCOMs, technology partners, innovators and academia, the Minister stressed the importance of building consumer trust and addressing misinformation around new technologies. Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal reaffirmed the government’s commitment to accelerating digitalisation, focusing on capacity building, secure data-sharing and interoperability. During the conference, winners of a national innovation challenge showcased AI-driven use cases, while the Minister also launched the STELLAR resource adequacy planning tool developed by the Central Electricity Authority. Additionally, the India Smart Grid Forum released a handbook detailing AI, ML and robotics-based utility solutions to support nationwide adoption of advanced technologies.

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Strategically located to serve western India, the Nashik RTL will provide advanced testing services for transformers, energy meters, smart meters, and transformer oil, reducing turnaround times and ensuring faster procurement cycles. In his address, Shri Khattar highlighted the importance of robust testing infrastructure for India’s power sector growth and self-reliance. The new facility is expected to strengthen quality assurance, foster industrial growth, and support research and development in power equipment testing.

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1 . NEW DELHI . India prepares plan to double airports to 300 by 2047 – Mint

2 . NEW DELHI . Khadi and Village Industries created over 10 lakh new jobs . KVIC registers record sales of Rs 1.55 lakh crore in 2023-24; PIONEER

3 . RAIPUR . Union Power minister Manohar Lal pushes for cess-free hydro projects; ET

4 . NEW DELHI . Four PSU banks present dividend cheques worth Rs 6,481 cr to govt. Business Standard

5 . NEW DELHI. DMRC takes action: Books over 1,900 male passengers for entering women’s coaches; Financial Express.

6. NEW DELHI .Centre considers increasing monthly wage ceiling for EPFO and ESIC to Rs 25,000; Business Today

7 . NEW DELHI . Affordable fuel, not free market doctrine, is a priority: Oil Minister Hardeep Puri; ET

8 . MUMBAI. Maharashtra’s government, led by Minister Dada Bhuse, has wa ..

9 . NEW DELHI . DMRC Launches Digital QR Ticketing for Commuters through Amazon Pay.

10 . NEW DELHI . Punjab National Bank has partnered with SAIL to provide home, car, and education loans at concessional rates to SAIL employees. STATESMAN

11 . NEW DELHI . H D Kumaraswamy rules out the privatisation of RINL; the ministry was working out a revival plan for the plant and convinced the Prime Minister on the issue.- The Statesman

12 . NEW DELHI . Shri Sandeep Kumar has taken over as Director (Finance) of PFC ; he was the Executive Director (Finance) and CFO at PFC since January 2020.

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“Ministers and senior officers of states should regularly review and monitor the performance of discoms and generation companies to see that the energy accounts have been prepared, billing efficiency is above 87%, collection efficiency is above 97%. Only then will accountability come into the system and the system will get maintained and get better,” Shri Singh added.

The Minister assured all states that the Government of India will work together with the States, as one team.

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The installed renewable energy capacity (including large hydro) has increased from 76.37 GW in March 2014 to 173.61 GW in May 2023, reflecting an increase of around 2.27 times. RE generation (including large Hydro) has increased from 190.88 billion units (BU) in 2014 -15 to 365.60 BU in 2022-23 (up to March, 2023).

The  Minister said several initiatives for promotion of renewable energy were also taken in the last 9 years resulting in increase of non-fossil installed capacity to 43% in FY23. We have awarded 1,000 MWh battery storage project, which is one of the largest in the world.

• All villages and households have been electrified—a total of 2.86 cr. households connected.
• We have a massive transmission line of 4.71 lakh ckm, of which 1,97,229 ckm were added in the last 9 years.
• We also have ambitious plans for integrating over 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by FY30.
• “Average hours of supply in rural areas increased from 12.5 in FY14 to 20.53 in FY23, while it stand at 23.78 hours for urban areas.”

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