Gujarat in 2019 notified the Policy for Development of Small-Scale Distributed Solar Projects, which aims to facilitate development of solar projects with size of 0.5 MW to 4 MW in the state s distribution network.
The Gujarat Government waived a total of Rs 1,715 crore in electricity duty of over 16,000 industrial units in the last two years, the Legislative Assembly was informed on Tuesday. The purpose was to reduce the financial burden of new industrial units making investment in the state, said Energy Minister Saurabh Patel, responding to questions regarding the waiver mechanism. Exemption in electricity duty is also offered to existing manufacturing units if they are making expansion, he said. The exemption is offered under the Gujarat Electricity Duty Act of 1958, said Patel in his written reply. As of December 2020, 16,297 industrial units had been granted a waiver of Rs 1,715 crore in preceding two years, the minister said.
According to a government release issued on Thursday, till now 1.01 lakh citizens above the age of 60 years and those above 45 years who suffered from co-morbid conditions had received the vaccine in Gujarat.
All Gujarat villages to get day-time agri power supply by 2022-end
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Last Updated: Jan 07, 2021, 04:14 PM IST
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The BJP government in the state has allocated Rs 3,500 crore to create the necessary infrastructure for this ambitious Kisan Suryoday Yojna (KSY), Rupani said addressing a gathering Tilakwada town in Narmada while launching the project for 39 villages of the district.
He said his government s target is to provide electricity for agricultural purposes during the day to 4,000 villages by January 20 and to all the 18,000 villages by the end of year 2022.
Ahmedabad: Farmers of all 18,000-odd villages in Gujarat will get power supply during the day time for agriculture purposes by the end of the year 2022, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced on Thursday. The BJP government in the state has allocated Rs 3,500 crore to create the necessary infrastructure for this ambitious Kisan Suryoday Yojna (KSY), Rupani said addressing a gathering Tilakwada t