Jaipur: MSMEs catering to the rooftop solar market said by keeping the commercial and industrial units out of the ambit of net metering will lead to the collapse of their businesses and trigger large-scale unemployment.
They said the norms of the ministry of power (MoP) and the draft notification of Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission will stall the rooftop solar programme in the state and country, threatening the survival of many MSMEs in the sector.
“The order of MoP will derail the entire planning of solar components manufacturers in Rajasthan. We were assuming 5,000 MW rooftop solar project in the next three years. The new rules, if implemented, will erase manufacturing opportunities worth Rs 20,000 crore and GST revenue for the government,” Sunil Bansal, MSME Panel chairman of National Solar Energy Federation of India. He said almost 1,000 companies working in Rajasthan in the segment employ a lakh people.
Jodhpur: Police arrested three persons including a woman for attacking two cops at a police station in Jodhpur on Friday. The trio had barged into the police station to free a person who had been arrested and lodged in the police station cell.
According to the police, the persons had a scuffle with the sentry and another official at the police station in an attempt to snatch the key of the cell. On failing in the bid, the trio fled from the spot with the sentry’s mobile and cap after injuring him. We had arrested one Naresh Pairhar from Soorsagar area on Friday evening on the charges of disturbing peace and had put him in the police station cell, said a police official.
Demoiselle crane with tag tied to its leg in Mongolia revealed that it crossed China, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh before reaching Rajasthan
JAIPUR: A demoiselle crane tagged in Mongolia’s Khurkh Valley has reached Khichan in Jodhpur after covering a distance of 4,032km in 151 days.
Experts said it is so far the longest recorded flight of a demoiselle crane (identified as T-54), which was banded by researcher Tuvshintugs Sukhbaatar at Onon Balj Basin National Park bordering North Korea on July 25.
Another researcher Nimbiar Batbayar confirmed that T-54 was one of the two chicks banded in Khurkh Valley.