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Nearly 280,000 vehicles have been supported by way of extending demand incentives of about Rs 3.59 billion since the rollout of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme in 2015.

All states will implement GST by July 2017. The Constitution Amendment Bill for Goods and Services Tax has been approved by the President of India post its approval in Parliament (Rajya Sabha on August 03, 2016 and Lok Sabha on August 08, 2016) and ratification by more than 50 per cent of state legislatures.

Out of 18,452 un-electrified villages, 11,931 villages have been electrified as on January 30, 2017 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

1,639,265 street bulbs have been replaced with LED Lights throughout the country under Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP). This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

A total of Rs.67 crore has been sanctioned by the MNRE, to develop solar cities across India. The funds will be utilised towards preparing master plans, solar city cells, promotional activities and installation of renewable energy projects in 60 cities across the country.

NPCIL has set up two joint ventures with state-owned energy companies and is exploring more partnerships with other state entities to augment generation capacity, Atomic Energy and Space minister Jitendra Singh informed Rajya Sabha.

After a decade of political stand-off, the government was able to garner a consensus in Rajya Sabha, to approve the Goods and Services Tax (GST) constitutional amendment bill in August 2016. Since the parliamentary assent for the bill, which has the potential to turn the whole country into a single ´common market´, things have picked up momentum to make GST a reality at the earliest, though many experts feel that the deadline of April 1, 207 is a challenge.

Smart grid is an evolving set of technologies, working together to improve the present grid, the applications for which depend on the location and the requirements. By enabling intelligent monitoring, control, communication, and self-healing technologies, it facilitates better power connection; information exchange; reduces environmental impact; and delivers enhanced reliability and security of power supply.