Overview

• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed officials to finalize modalities for a new statewide electricity distribution company to consolidate all free power initiatives.
• The new Discom will manage agriculture subsidies, Gruha Jyothi household allowances, and power for schools, colleges and tribal areas.
• State authorities were instructed to restructure existing Discom loans from interest rates above 10 percent to about six percent to relieve the sector’s mounting debt.
• Telangana plans a rapid solarisation drive, mandating rooftop installations at government schools, offices and the State Secretariat as part of a comprehensive reform.
• Under the Indira Solar Girijana Jalavikasam scheme, solar-powered pump sets will be deployed to 210,000 ST farmers across six lakh acres in tribal and agency areas.