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Power drive
Getting affordable electricity to every household needs sustained policy support
Access to electricity
Drives the productivity of households,
Empowers women and
Enables education and
Communication
April 1, 2015, the official count of unelectrified villages was 18,452.
So when PM Narendra Modi recently announced that all inhabited villages
now enjoy electrification,
It signalled a significant milestone in the country’s development
Statistics actual number of households in villages that have power connections,
The number of hours they get reliable power, and
The per capita power that rural and urban Indians consume
Existing definition to declare a village electrified is coverage of a mere 10% of
households and common facilities such as
Schools,
Panchayats and
Health centres
The claim of electrification
Average hours of power supplied in a day to rural areas in January 2018 ranged
from 11.5 in Mizoram, 14.91 in Haryana and 17.72 in Uttar Pradesh to 24 hours
in Kerala, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
These anomalies are often the result of infrastructure deficits and
administrative inefficiency and they show that, even with supportive
Central schemes, the Power for All 24×7 goal adopted by States and UTs
with a deadline of April 1, 2019 is far from realistic
The per capita consumption between rural and fast-rising urban India
also represents a challenge
There are twin challenges to be faced in improving access and equity
Theft, damage and lack of technical capacity can pose serious hurdles
Answer may lie in a hybrid solution that ensures continued scaling up of
both grid-connected and standalone solar systems
To getting affordable power to every household needs sustained policy support
The rocky road to 2019
Concrete steps are needed to defuse crises that could disrupt India’s
political and social equilibrium
Internal security- J& K
Maoist violence
Dalit identity and concerns
Violence against children
Cracks in the two pillars
Functioning of Parliament
Chief Justice of India (SC)
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Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1- SC tells HCs to set up panels to monitor POCSO Act trials
Supreme Court shocked by high rate of pendency of child sexual assault cases
Supreme Court directed High Courts to set up panels of its judges
to regulate and monitor trials under the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1- Taj Mahal turning brown and green, says worried SC
Asks govt. whether it has expertise to conserve monument
Page-1,10- GST receipts cross ₹1•lakh cr. in April
Revenue from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for April 2018 has finally crossed the ₹1•lakh crore threshold, coming in at ₹1•03,458 crore
With the improved economic climate, introduction of e-way bill and improved GST compliance, GST collection s would continue to show a positive trend
Page-1,10,13- Soon, you can make calls, browse while flying in India
Flyers on board an aircraft will be able to make calls and remain connected to the Internet while travelling through the Indian airspace in the next three to four months.
Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making body in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal by regulator TRAI.
Page-6- Sugarcane farmers threaten stir
‘Mills yet to pay ₹1•,000 crore in arrears; the govt. yet to come up with a solution’
DNA profiling Bill in Monsoon Session, Centre informs SC
PIL plea seeks use of technology to identify unclaimed bodies
DNA Based Technology (Use and Regulation) Bill, 2017,
Collegium to reconsider Joseph’s name
Core sector growth slows to 4.1% in March
India rejects U.S. request on medical device price caps
India’s drug pricing authority is also pushing to bring three more devices, used in
treating heart ailments, under the ambit of price controls as they are sometimes
more expensive than the stent itself
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