The relief follows industry appeals warning that the West Asia conflict was disrupting procurement, manufacturing and logistics for utility-scale renewable projects, coinciding with government data showing India's solar capacity addition pace slowing even as FY26 closed with a record 44.61 GW added overall.
The Finance Ministry's anniversary release frames UPI as a pillar of India's Digital Public Infrastructure and financial inclusion, but the milestone lands as banks and payment service providers continue operating the P2M side of the network under a zero-Merchant Discount Rate mandate that limits their direct transaction revenue.
The order follows an August 4 direction asking Rajasthan to prepare a 20-point resolution plan for contamination across the Jojari, Bandi and Luni rivers, with the Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noting Pali's entire industrial area sits directly along the riverbank. Line 1: The Supreme Court imposed an interim ban on construction within 100 metres and hazardous industries within 500 metres of the Jojari…
The controversy has intensified through August 2026 with protesters destroying Flock cameras, viral social media tutorials on disabling them and renewed scrutiny after a 2025 report alleged Texas officials used the network to track a woman following an abortion-related investigation - raising direct parallels to India's own expanding but fragmented use of AI-powered traffic and security cameras.