The turnaround can be attributed to investor friendly policy, akin to the one that the Government of India took in 1991 with the New Economic Policy. The several steps that Telangana took includes: speedy clearance aided by a single window, 100 per cent refund on VAT and GST, refund on stamp duty, exemption from Land Ceiling Act, exemption from electricity wheeling charges and not running around to get approval from the State Pollution Control Board.
The most visible area of the state’s renewable energy push has been in public transport system. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) for instance teamed up with TSREDCO to install solar rooftop systems on the bus stations, bus depots and workshops. In all, 97 bus depots and 364 bus stations have been covered and the savings are over Rs 2 crore per annum. What is more! It resulted in reduction in carbon emissions by 7,300 tonnes a year.
- Nitish cuts of ties with RJD and forms new Govt with BJP
- Two BJP leaders swear in as Deputy CM
IndiGlobal Bureau
The political temperature was rife in Bihar on Sunday with the Janata Dal (United) President and the State Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar dissolving the government formed in alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Post marathon meetings with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership a day before, Sunday morning Nitish Kumar handed over his resignation as the CM to the State Governor and hours later formed a new government in the evening in alliance with NDA swearing in again as the CM for the record ninth time.
BJP leaders Samrat Choudary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers alongside other 8 ministers.
Shortly after the swearing in ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nitish Kumar and his two deputies .
“ I am confident that the newly formed NDA government will leave no stone unturned for the development of the state and welfare of the citizens and will work with a sense of dedication,” stated the PM in a post on X.
Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda who was present in Patna overseeing the developments said that Nitish’s alliance with BJP is natural
Tejaswai Yadav, Former Deputy Chief Minister in the JDU-RJD alliance, expressed that this political break up would rather do good to the their party and I.N.D.I Alliance in the coming General Elections-2024.
“Nitish Kumar is insecure because what cannot be achieved in 17 years of ruling in JDU alliance with NDA Government, his Government could achieve in a smaller stint of 1.5 years. The game has just begun,” Tejaswai Yadav.
Political experts observed this development as an advantage for the BJP led NDA in the coming general elections where it would field its candidates from 40 MP constituencies in Bihar.
However, the party leaders of I.N.D.I Alliance were vocal in stating that this political setback in the Bihar state would not make much difference in their vision to dethrone Modi Govt in the upcoming 2024 General Election.