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PMG review of ₹36,296 crore projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PMG review of ₹36,296 crore projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan (GS3 · Infrastructure, 7 July 2025)

What happened

  • A Project Monitoring Group review took up 22 issues in 18 projects worth over ₹36,296 crore in Gujarat and Rajasthan [PIB].
  • They include a ₹14,147 crore transmission scheme to evacuate solar power from Rajasthan and Gujarat [PIB].

Background

  • PMG resolves inter-agency bottlenecks [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Transmission lags are now the main block on renewable growth.

How to use this in Mains

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

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-07): A Project Monitoring Group review took up 22 issues in 18 projects worth over ₹36,296 crore in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
  2. Transmission lags are now the main block on renewable growth.
Quotable data point

They include a ₹14,147 crore transmission scheme to evacuate solar power from Rajasthan and Gujarat.

PIB: PMG review Gujarat-Rajasthan, 7 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: PMG.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Transmission scheme cost discussed

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: PMG review Gujarat-Rajasthan, 7 Jul 2025

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