States Weekly: June 26, 2024

BigNews: : Bihar High Court reverses government decision to increase reservation for citizens from Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) publishes the draft BERC Green Energy Open Access Regulations for 2024; Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) releases the draft DERC Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate Framework Implementation Regulations, 2024; and more.

Health

Nothing critical to report this week

Climate Change & Energy

Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) publishes the draft BERC Green Energy Open Access Regulations for 2024. The draft regulations are aimed at promoting the generation, purchase, and consumption of green energy in Bihar. Source: Solar Quarter; In detail: Draft BERC Green Energy Open Access Regulations 2024

Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) releases the draft DERC Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate Framework Implementation Regulations, 2024. The draft regulations for renewable purchase obligation (RPO), mandate a 29.91 per cent green energy purchase this year for all stakeholders, including discoms. Source: Economic Times; In detail: Draft DERC (Terms and Conditions for Green Energy Open Access) Regulations, 2024

Goa announces a hike in value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel with effect from June 22, which will raise the price of petrol by $0.0119 and diesel by $0.00431. Source:NDTV; In detail: Notification

Finance

Nothing critical to report this week

Industrial Policy & Business Regulations

Uttarakhand approves an amendment in the Uttarakhand Tourism Policy 2018, specifying the period during which different categories of industries will be getting state GST (SGST) compensation. According to the amendment, A, B and B+ category industries in Uttarakhand will get 100 per cent SGST compensation for five years, after which they will get it at the rate of 90, 75 and 75 per cent respectively for the next five years. Source: ThePrint

Land Acquisition & Labor Regulations

Nothing critical to report this week

Infrastructure & Governance

Bihar High Court reverses the amendments increasing the reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government jobs and educational institutions. As per the amendments which were passed in 2023, the reservations for the categories were increased from 50 percent to 65 percent. Source: Jagran josh; In detail: High Court Judgment

Haryana increases the upper income limit for the “creamy layer” among Other Backward Classes to $9,573 per year. The reservation for backward classes has also been increased from 15 percent to 27 percent in Group-A and Group-B government posts. Source:NDTV; In detail: Press release

Telangana approves a waiver for agriculture related loans up to $2,393 in the state. Farmers who sought loans between December 12, 2018 and December 9, 2023, will be eligible to avail the waiver. Source: Deccan Herald; In detail: Press release

Water & Sanitation

Nothing critical to report this week.

Center – State Relations

Ministry of Power approves the new Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) Schemes, to facilitate the evacuation of 9 GW of renewable energy (RE) from Rajasthan and Karnataka. With an aggregate budget of approximately $1.63 billion, these schemes will be carried out through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB). Source: Economic Times; In detail: Press release

AnyOther

Nothing critical to report this week.