The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has given nod to procurement of 600 MW of solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in Tranche-VIII by the distribution companies (DISCOMS). BERC has allowed the procurement at a tariff of Rs 2.50/kWh. The trading margin has been kept by the regulator at Rs 0.07 for every kWh.

The new Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by Norfund, together with KLP, Norway's largest pension company, made the first investment of Rs 900 million in an Indian transmission project in Karanatak being developed by ReNew Power.

Orient Green Power Company is considering to expansion of its business into the green energy sector as it aims to maximise existing assets. The company in its board meeting held on December 23 said that it would be exploring hybrid solutions and have a mix of solar and wind energy farms at its existing locations

Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet decided to hand over five already terminated projects to the central power sector undertaking. These projects will see an investment of Rs 40000 crore in next five to seven years and would generate green power of 2880 MW.

Delhi will receive four revolutionary motorways that will aid with traffic in and around the National Capital. Three additional flyovers and underpasses are also being constructed. The national government is working on Rs 60000 crore worth of projects to address Delhi's traffic problems.

The RailTel has signed a five-year contract with a consortium led by 3i Infotech in a bid to monetise its Wi-Fi project at more than 6,100 railway stations across the country. The other members of the consortium are Forensics Intelligence Surveillance and Security Technologies (FISST) and Yellow Inc.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology along with Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister launched high-speed fifth generation (5G) telecom services in Odisha. The government has allocated Rs 5600 crore for setting up of about 5,000 telecom towers to connect about 7,000 villages of Odisha

Anmol Gagan Mann, Investment Promotion Minister, Punjab, said that the state has successfully secured investments of more than Rs 3,200 crore in textiles, technical textiles and apparel sectors in the last nine months.

The Indian Railways is planning to introduce multiple wagon tipplers to speed up the coal distribution network across the country. Along with additional wagon tipplers, the railway is also looking to have additional wagon unloading lines to de-load the coal wagons at the powerhouses.