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.
Surplus vaccines export and donation will be resumed by India from October onwards. This has been announced by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets on the visit to the US where the issue can come into picture during summit of the Quad countries – India, United States, Australia and Japan and Australia.
India, is the world’s biggest maker of vaccines. It had stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on vaccinating its own population. Government of India is aiming to vaccinate its entire 94.4 crore adult population by December. It has so far administered at least one dose to 61 per cent of them. The priority of ‘Vaccine Maitri‘ drive will be to export in the neighbouring countries first. Also, only surplus supply will be exported without undermining the need of vaccine inside the country first. Before the export halt in April, India has sold or donated 6.6 crore vaccine doses to nearly 100 countries.