{"id":659650,"date":"2026-03-25T10:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=659650"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:50:44","slug":"delhi-power-budget-increases-marginally-focus-on-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/delhi-power-budget-increases-marginally-focus-on-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi power budget increases marginally; focus on solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced a budget allocation of \u20b93,942 crore for Delhi\u2019s Power sector \u2013 up from a budget estimate of \u20b93,843 crore in 2025-26, with focus on strengthening Delhi\u2019s power infrastructure and promoting solar energy, while continuing with power subsidy for households.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the resolve of our government that no house in Delhi remains in darkness. With a budget of \u20b93,942 crore for the Power department, we will not only continue subsidies on electricity but also promote solar energy through the \u201cPradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme\u201d and the \u2018Production Based Incentive Scheme for Solar Energy\u2019 \u2013 leading Delhi towards energy self-reliance,\u201d said Gupta on Tuesday, also announcing a Delhi Energy Conservation Fund for promoting energy efficiency and conservation in the capital in this year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced a budget allocation of \u20b93,942 crore for Delhi\u2019s Power sector \u2013 up from a budget estimate of \u20b93,843 crore in 2025-26, with focus on strengthening Delhi\u2019s power infrastructure and promoting solar energy, while continuing with power subsidy for households. \u201cIt is the resolve of our government that no house in Delhi remains in darkness. With a budget of \u20b93,942 crore for the Power department, we will not only continue subsidies on electricity but also promote solar energy through the \u201cPradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme\u201d and the \u2018Production Based Incentive Scheme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-power-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}