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Why electricity tariff is going up? Who is the beneficiary?   https://www.cenfa.org/why-electricity-tariff-is-going-up-who-is-the-beneficiary/   The Centre, in its over-exuberance to privatise coal mining, put many greenfield coal blocks for auction to private companies, which in turn, apart from not having enough ability to develop coal, already stand heavily indebted to PSU financial institutions and are driven once again to borrow from them.

Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services (PCPS) in its Statement dated June 2nd 2022, attributed the coal shortage entirely on account of mismanagement of coal supplies on the part of the Central government. “Having created such a situation, instead of owning responsibility for it and offering to share the cost burden, it is unfortunate that the Centre should wash its hands off and transfer the resulting liability to the States”

The Union Ministry of Power issued several directives to the State power utilities to mandatorily import coal, 4 % by weight failing which the state would also lose entitlement to coal supplied by Coal India and other Indian sources. At the same time, there was no notice given to the states to prepare for the import of coal.

Writes Thomas Franco in #RandomReflections this week!

COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals  https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67508331

Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations. They included proposed "talking points", such as one for China which says Adnoc, the UAE's state oil company, is "willing to jointly evaluate international LNG [liquefied natural gas] opportunities" in Mozambique, Canada and Australia.

The documents suggest telling a Colombian minister that Adnoc "stands ready" to support Colombia to develop its fossil fuel resources.

There are talking points for 13 other countries, including Germany and Egypt, which suggest telling them Adnoc wants to work with their governments to develop fossil fuel projects.

 How a Congress leader is using ‘mohabbat’ and an app to woo Gwalior South https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/story/madhya-pradesh-election-congress-nominee-praveen-pathak-using-app-to-woo-gwalior-south-2468355-2023-11-28
Such an experiment is taking place in a place where concerted attempts are being made to resurrect Gandhi's killer.

Faced with the BJP’s potent trifecta of hyper-nationalism, welfarist policies, and Narendra Modi’s personality cult, Praveen Pathak  embarked upon a circular formation, reaching out to each and every segment of society through pad yatras, personal visits, and an app, Pragaman, that mapped virtually every voter. By the time voting took place on November 17, 2023, Pathak, inspired by Rahul Gandhi’s “Mohabbat ki dukaan” could see and clock in real-time how his support base of nearly 1,06,000 voters, perhaps enough to see him through, were at their polling stations.