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STELLAR resource adequacy model

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: STELLAR resource adequacy model (GS3 · Energy, 13 April 2025)

What happened

  • CEA launched an indigenous resource adequacy planning tool on 11 April 2025, free for states and discoms [PIB].

Background

  • It plans generation, transmission and storage [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Planning avoids shortages.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-13): CEA launched an indigenous resource adequacy planning tool on 11 April 2025, free for states and discoms.
  2. Planning avoids shortages.
Quotable data point

CEA launched an indigenous resource adequacy planning tool on 11 April 2025, free for states and discoms.

PIB: STELLAR, 13 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

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Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: STELLAR, 13 Apr 2025

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