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27 lakh power sector employees to go on nationwide strike on July 9 over UP discoms' privatisation; allege foul playNearly 27 lakh power sector employees across India are preparing for a nationwide strike on July 9, protesting the Uttar Pradesh government...
Uttar Pradesh discoms head for privatisation: Consultants to shape new PPP modelUttar Pradesh Power Corporation is seeking consultants and advisers to facilitate the privatisation or public-private partnership of two lo...
AIPEF chairman calls claim to provide choice to power consumers "misleading"The AIPEF has demanded that the bill be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for wider consultation in a letter to Pr...
Centre may introduce annual service-based ratings for power utilitiesMultiple rounds of stakeholder consultations have been held with several discoms, including private distribution utilities and sectoral ins...
NTPC, REC to bid for discoms in Union Territories, according to sourcesThe Union power ministry has suggested to the two companies that they should participate in the upcoming bidding for privatisation of distr...
Green companies see ₹90,000-crore discom package boosting businessRenewable energy companies expect a boost to their business as well from the ₹90,000 crore liquidity support the government announced on We...
Centre plans to set up national discomThe Union government plans to set up a national power distribution company that will handhold state discoms in electricity distribution act...
Rs 1.9 lakh crore of bank money to power sector may turn badIndia Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) feels small private power companies that used the fund would be badly hit and their survival would be a...
15 states with 90% accumulated losses of power distributors have joined UDAY: Piyush GoyalThe minister said on December 29 there was no shortage of power nationally and electricity was available on power exchange at a uniform pri...
India to reach top 50 in World Bank ranking in next 3 years: Jayant Sinha, MoS Finance"We are confident that next year, we will feature in the top 100 and from there to the top 50, hopefully in the next three years."
Government to soon notify guidelines on swapping of coal linkagesGovernment today said it will soon notify the guidelines for swapping of coal linkages, a move that would help the nation save at least Rs ...
State-run discoms take lessons from private firms to trim lossesTata Power, Reliance Infrastructure, Torrent and Essel group are receiving teams from state-controlled utilities to study their operations.
Get ready for power cuts in Delhi as discoms spar with govt over tariffsTata Power Delhi Distribution and BSES Yamuna Power and BSES Rajdhani Power that are claiming to have accumulated under-recovery of tariff ...
Maharashtra cuts power tariffs by 20%; Discoms jitteryIndustry says Maharashtra tariff cut may encourage other states to follow suit, put more pressure on distribution companies.
URJA may withdraw PIL seeking CAG audit of private discoms in Delhi"We will consult all members of URJA and lawyers too. There are other issues like a CBI probe that we are seeking,'' Atul Goyal said.
NGO claims consumers over-billed by Rs 4500 cr, discoms denyPrivate distribution cos in the city have billed the consumers an additional Rs 4,500 cr in the last five years for electricity that was ne...
- Power reforms: Govt faces tough questions
The Friday ruling of Delhi High Court in which it took a serious note of the observations made by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s rep...