The Solar energy continues to play a leading role in renewable energy development in India claiming 47 percent share of the total installed capacity of renewable energy in the country.
In 2024, a new solar capacity was set with 24.5 GW which is a more than two times as many solar installations compared with the previous year.
There was also an 18.5 GW of utility solar added last year, almost 2.8 times as much as 2023.
The most performing states are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
In 2024, the rooftop solar industry in India made a spectacular growth with 4.59GW new capacity added, which corresponds to a growth of 53% as compared to 2023.
NCSK extension
The life of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) has been extended by tenure of three years by the Union Cabinet.
It operates through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
It enforces the provisions of law that bans manual scavenging in the nation.
It is the enforcing agency of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation act 2013.
The NCSK is mandated to propose certain programmes aimed at uplifting the sanitation workers to the Centre, enquire into the grievances of certain sanitation workers, study and observe their working conditions among others.
The initial NCSK was established in 1994 as a statutory body under the commission of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act of 1993 which expired in 2004.
The commission has since been performing its duties as a non-statutory organisation under the Ministry of Social Justice and its term keeps being renewed.
India- NITI Aayog Report on higher education 2025
The policy report drafted by the NITI Aayog naming it as Expanding Quality Higher Education by the means of States and State Public Universities.
Of all the states and Union Territories, the states of Jammu and Kashmir spend the highest in percent terms of GDP at 8.11 per cent, followed by Manipur (7.25 per cent), Meghalaya (6.64 per cent) and Tripura (6.19 per cent).
The highest per youth expenditure of higher education is still held by Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
States such as Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh are behind in it.
Maharashtra tops the list of the higher education funding with a budget of 11,421 crore followed by Bihar (9,666 crore) and Tamil Nadu (7,237 Crore)
The lowest allocated budgets on higher education belong to state like