Centre has drawn up a draft model plan for states that will allow multiple private franchisees to operate as power suppliers in a distribution area, with state-run distribution utilities becoming just owners of the network
2 min read21 Oct 2019Power sector regulator CERC adopts a conciliatory tone on tariffs, removing an overhang for NTPCGovt approves an investment of ₹31,000 crore in 4 power plants, announces sops for hydropower units
2 min read12 Mar 2019Cabinet allows power producers to end supply contract with power discoms without breaking coal linkagesCabinet also clears a new hydropower policy aimed at making power purchase from such projects mandatory
2 min read8 Mar 2019The government wants to implement direct benefit transfer in the electricity sector for better targeting of subsidies and freeing renewable energy from licensing requirements
1 min read10 Sep 2018Operational autonomy and the private sector's ability to strategize and plan for the long term are essential in an area like power distribution
4 min read5 Aug 2018RBI wants power projects that have defaulted on bank loans to undergo resolution under the insolvency and bankruptcy code, just like their industrial counterparts, but promoters claim their situation is different
3 min read26 Jun 2018In the second quarter of 2017, several states showed positive movement across a few key sectorsbut reform initiatives are not evenly distributed across states
4 min read2 Nov 2017Given Uttar Pradesh's size, electricity situation and govt support, the Yogi Adityanath government's power sector reforms can have a pan-India impact
3 min read10 May 2017Piyush Goyal says measures to reduce the use of diesel for power generation and to eliminate power theft will be taken up aggressively
2 min read18 Jun 2016The report pointed out that Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 40% of the power distribution losses
1 min read24 Jun 2014The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared