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How Non-NDA state governments are derailing the PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar scheme

Raju Das - 13 October, 2026

Despite aggressive central targets to solarise one crore households under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, India’s rooftop solar drive faces severe political friction. From electoral freebies neutralizing consumer ROI to anti-islanding misconceptions and state-level inertia, here is why decentralised solar is struggling against free power populism.

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India’s solar mission: ISRO’s Aditya L1 starts collecting scientific data using STEPs instrument

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2023

"Aditya-L1 has commenced collecting scientific data. The sensors of the Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth," the ISRO said on X.

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Aditya L1: India’s maiden solar mission performs 3rd earth-bound manoeuvre, shares ISRO; journey to be completed in four months

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2023

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the significant development of the ambitious Aditya L1 mission on X

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Aditya-L1 Mission: Here is how the European Space Agency is helping ISRO with crucial data and expertise from the SOHO Mission

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2023

The ESA also noted on its website that it is supporting Aditya-L1 in two separate ways. These include offering deep space communication services and aiding ISRO in validating critical new flight dynamics software.

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