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Supreme Court stays Delhi government's CAG audit of power discomsIn a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has put a stop to the Delhi government's planned inquiry into power distribution companies. This...
Delhi govt orders CAG audit of power discoms over regulatory assets issueDelhi's power discoms are facing a CAG audit following a massive Rs 38,500 crore in accumulated Regulatory Assets. The Delhi government ord...
Why CDSCO and BEE have not kept pace with the industries they overseeCDSCO still faces challenges like chronic understaffing, gaps in technical skills, weak lab infra and fragmented approvals. About a decade ...
India's Rs 11.2 trillion distribution capex to anchor smart metering shift towards outcomes: Central Electricity AuthorityIndia's power distribution sector is undergoing a massive Rs 11.2 trillion transformation by 2035. Smart metering is shifting focus to meas...
Delhi residents may have to pay more for electricity this year. Here’s whyElectricity bills in Delhi are set to rise as the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has ordered the recovery of nearly Rs 38,552 c...
Electricity likely to cost more in Delhi; APTEL orders to start liquidation of discom dues in 3 weeksDelhi's electricity bills are set to increase. The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity has ordered the Delhi power regulator to start recove...
Discoms used Rs 5,000 crore of Delhi govt funds: CAGThe petition said “there were huge discrepancies in their (discoms) accounts” and the state government’s decision in seeking an audit of th...
Row over discoms audit: AAP govt, CAG move SC against HC orderThe Delhi government and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India have moved the Supreme Court against a high court verdict.
AAP for probe into non-representation of Delhi government in CAG audit case"The court has overlooked a key fact that DERC is a regulator and not an auditor, and the DERC itself had stated it wanted the CAG to audit...
No CAG audit of discoms: Delhi High court rejects APP directiveA bench allowed the pleas of Tata Power, BSES Rajdhani and Yamuna, implying the official auditor of the government cannot audit their accou...
There can't be CAG audit of discoms as DERC has the power: Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court today said that once a regulatory body, DERC, has been set up with the power to audit accounts of private power distri...
- Delhi HC reserves order on discoms' plea against CAG audit
The division bench has also reserved its order on a PIL filed by NGO United RWAs Joint Action (URJA) seeking an audit of the discoms' accou...
- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meets CAG on audit of discoms including BSES Yamuna, Tata Power and others
Last week, Kejriwal had said his government was going to cut power tariff "very soon" in line with election promises made by his party.
AAP government tells Delhi High Court that CAG has full right to audit DiscomsThe high court is hearing a batch of petitions filed by the discoms against the order of a single judge refusing to stay Delhi government's...
Government to place stand in Delhi high court on discoms' auditSources said the govt is thinking of approaching former Solicitor General Gopal Subhramanium or senior advocate Jayant Bhushan to argue its...
Reliance, Tata Power discoms not cooperating with us: CAG to HCThe government has sought that the plea of the discoms be dismissed and they be directed to “cooperate fully” with the audit team constitut...
We never opposed CAG audit of power discoms' accounts: Sheila Dikshit"We never opposed CAG audit of accounts of the discoms. In fact we had also said that there should be CAG audit (of discoms' accounts)," Sh...