The electronic e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods rolled out in the first five states; Andhra Pradesh moves to build a DNA database of its citizens; Delhi discom BRPL enters into a strategic partnership with EESL which will cover…
By Robert W. Beckman — Eighteen years ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a program to foster energy integration in South Asia. The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation and Development — generally referred to…
JICA signs $1.8 billion loan agreements with India for projects in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and the northeast; Maharashtra advances privatizing power distribution in three more cities, while Uttar Pradesh rescinds privatization; Harvard publishes study on urban air pollution…
Gujarat introduces special category tariff for electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Karnataka goes in to election in May; Telangana allows private entities to set up universities; Asian Development Bank approves $80 million loan for vocation and technical education in Himachal Pradesh;…
Uttar Pradesh allows women to work night shifts at factories; Maharashtra announces its ban on plastic; Telangana reduces VAT on aircraft fuel from 16 percent to one percent; West Bengal to develop 23 modern facilities for storage of food grains;…
By Sidhanta Mehra — The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is up for re-election in just over a year. Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) unprecedented majority-win in India’s last election in 2014, Modi’s ability to govern effectively has…
Uttar Pradesh approves privatization of power distribution in five cities; Telugu Desam Party exits the National Democratic Alliance; Haryana launches new policies on parking and interface with banks; Arunachal promises land ownership rights to its indigenous population; Kerala announces new…
USTDA clears $1 million grant to power utility in Delhi; BJP inducts Biplab Deb as chief minister of Tripura; Haryana inaugurates an internal treasury department; Boeing and Telangana’s T-Hub launch innovation challenge HorizonX; Punjab and Chhattisgarh send 500 MW of…
BJP to form government in Tripura and be part of coalitions in Meghalaya and Nagaland; Tamil Nadu approves business facilitation act allowing delayed approvals to be considered approved; Haryana announces it bio-energy policy; Bihar and Madhya Pradesh announce their annual…
ADB signs $84 million water project in Bihar; Maharashtra releases draft safety and health policy for workers; UN technology innovation laboratory to be set up in Haryana; Nasscom and Telangana to set up center of excellence for data science and…
