Tripura

One of the isolated states of India’s northeast, Tripura is located between Assam, Mizoram and shares an international border with Bangladesh. It is rich in natural resources such as natural gas and limestone and is also one of the largest producers of rubber in the country, but it has little industry. Tripura was governed by the Indian communist party for decades until the recent elections in 2018 during which the BJP swept into power. The new government could leverage the state’s high literacy rates and proximity to Bangladesh and Southeast Asia to turn it into a trade transit hub.   

State Summary

  • Size
    4,049 sq. miles
  • Population
    3.7 million
  • State GDP
    $4.14 billion (USD)
  • Legislative Assembly Seats
    60
  • Rajya Sabha Seats
    1
  • Lok Sabha Seats
    2
  • Party Affiliation
    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the India Bangladesh border at Akhaura Integrated Checkpost in Agartala on February 14, 2017. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
Workers add labels onto bottles of drinking water at a bottling unit on World Water Day in Agartala. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
Left: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the India Bangladesh border at Akhaura Integrated Checkpost in Agartala on February 14, 2017. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
Right: Workers add labels onto bottles of drinking water at a bottling unit on World Water Day in Agartala. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
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India faces a complex energy challenge: it needs cheap and abundant energy to power high economic growth and lift its citizens into the middle class. But it also hopes to keep its commitments to the U.N. Climate Change Convention and achieve energy independence. India’s states have the resources to generate the energy India needs, but they take different approaches to fostering the growth of the industry. This section allows you to explore energy news from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s energy sector.

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Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) announces a power tariff hike of 5 to 7 per cent

Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) announces a power tariff hike of 5 to 7 per cent from October 1, citing the rise in gas cost and uniform transmission tariff as the main reasons.


Source: Jagran Go to
In Detail: Tariff order Go to

Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC) issues the Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission

Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC) issues the Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (Group Net Metering and Virtual Net Metering for Renewable Energy) (First Amendment) Guidelines, 2023.


Source: Solar Quarter Go to
In Detail: TERC (Net Metering For Grid Interactive Rooftop Solar Systems-2016) (1st Amendment) Guidelines, 2023 Go to

ONGC to invest Rs 3,200 crore to drill 115 wells across eight fields in Tripura

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation , the country’s largest petroleum explorer, plans to invest $448.3 million to drill around 115 wells across eight oil and gas fields in Tripura.


Source: Economic Times Go to

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U.S.–India Energy Cooperation Project TrackerThere is currently no data available for Tripura. (updated July 3, 2019)

Solar Performance Tracker — Tripura reaches 16.67MW (updated March 31, 2021)

Wind Performance Tracker — Tripura achieves 0MW (updated March 30, 2021)

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While India’s healthcare system is expansive in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered, inequalities in access to high-quality yet affordable care continue to plague delivery systems and push citizens towards the more unregulated private sector. Similarly, while India’s National Health Policy of 2017 promises to reform this system, the responsibility to institute those reforms falls to the states who each have their own unique challenges and opportunities to meet the healthcare needs of their people. This section allows you to explore emerging healthcare policies and news covering new initiatives from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s healthcare sector.

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Ministry for Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) launches 5G training labs and 5G applications for the health sector

Ministry for Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) launches 5G training labs and 5G applications for the health sector in all the eight northeastern states.


Source: Times of India Go to
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Tripura launches the “Mukhyamantri Susthyo Shoishab, Sustho Koishore Abhiyan”, a state-level health drive aiming to cover 1.111 million children and adolescents between the age groups 0-19 years

Tripura launches the “Mukhyamantri Susthyo Shoishab, Sustho Koishore Abhiyan”, a state-level health drive aiming to cover 1.111 million children and adolescents between the age groups 0-19 years.


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Brainstorming session held to facilitate mission to make Tripura into a model state

NITI Aayog held a three-day brainstorming session to discuss 10 major thematic areas to facilitate the mission of the government to make Tripura a model state in the next three years. More than a hundred scholars, civil society members, policy makers, and bureaucrats attended the session to discuss roadmaps for development of education, private sector development, health and nutrition, and several other fields.


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Government announces decision to launch 21 e-hospitals, 50 life-support ambulances

The Tripura government announces it decision to launch 21 e-hospitals, 50 life-support ambulances with GPS tracking systems and an emergency helpline in the state.


Source: Business Standard Go to
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Tripura receives a $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve urban services and tourism

Tripura receives a $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve urban services and tourism facilities in the state. The project aims to develop water systems by installing 42 kilometres (kms) of new transmission and distribution pipes, establishing four new water treatment plants, and improving 55 kms of stormwater drains.


Source: Economic Times Go to
In Detail: ADB Press Release Go to

Tripura launches Lakshaya 2047

Tripura launches Lakshaya 2047, a comprehensive roadmap outlining a series of projects and investment in the state to bolster itseconomy. The roadmap is focused on sustainable development and promoting the state as a tourist destination.


Source: India Today Go to
In Detail: Lakshaya 2047 Go to
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