Author: PPD Team Date: August 27, 2025
Smart Metering & RDSS Update (latest figures):
Overall smart meters installed: 3.78 crore
Prepaid smart meters: 1.22 crore
Financial sanction under RDSS: Rs 2.82 lakh crore for 32 States/UTs (includes smart metering and other infra works)
State-wise total sanctioned costs under RDSS:
Source: Rajya Sabha answers
Author: PPD Team Date: November 24, 2025 India installed 35088 small biogas plants between 2022-23 and 2024-25 under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s Biogas Programme. These units range from 1 to 25 cubic metres per day and operate in 26 States and Union Territories. They support rural households with clean cooking fuel produced from cattle dung and organic waste. Small plants in this capacity band are household or small community units. They are…
Author: PPD Team Date: November 7, 2024 Power trading in India’s short-term market rose by 12% in FY24, reaching 218.22 billion units (BU) from 194.35 BU in FY23, as reported by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Short-term transactions, including deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) volumes, consist of contracts under one year, executed bilaterally or through power exchanges, representing 12.5% of the country’s total electricity generation. The remaining 87.5% was sourced through long-term contracts and…
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