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New power policy draft may reach Cabinet in AugustThe power ministry plans cabinet approval for a new electricity policy next month. This policy aims for higher per capita electricity consu...- Cold war over ice cream: A three-decade old Vadilal family feud returns to Bombay High CourtA three-decade-old family pact dividing the Vadilal ice cream brand is now a legal battleground. The Mumbai branch has sued the Ahmedabad b...
- Electricity Amendment Bill will be introduced in Budget Session: Manohar LalThe government plans to introduce the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the upcoming budget session to prevent losses for distribution...
- Union Budget 2026: Electricity amendment bill likely in February sessionIndia Budget 2026: Power Minister Manohar Lal announced that amendments to the Electricity Act are slated for introduction in the upcoming ...
- Parliament Watch: Cashless transactions, e-shram portal, women lead MSMEs and moreGovernment updates reveal progress in road accident victim treatment, with many cases eligible. Highway project awards have slowed due to s...
- Power ministry seeks cost-reflective tariffs, removal of cross-subsidyThe government is proposing significant amendments to the Electricity Act, aiming to introduce cost-reflective tariffs and phase out cross-...
- Power Ministry proposes to empower regulators to revise tariff suo mottoThe Power Ministry has unveiled a draft bill to reform India's electricity sector. Key proposals include empowering state regulators to rev...
- Discoms' outstanding dues reduced by Rs 29,857 crore to Rs 1,08,092 crore, says Power Minister R K SinghThe minister informed the House that the total outstanding dues of the states, which were at Rs 1,37,949 crore as on June 3, 2022, have bee...
- Electricity Amendment Bill introduced in LS, referred to Standing CommitteeThe Bill proposes radical changes in the power distribution sector, the weakest link in the electricity chain, by enabling multiple distrib...
- 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...
- Bill to delicense power distribution firms in a limboSources in the government said the Bill is under consideration by the Prime Minister's Office and is unlikely to be taken up by the Cabinet...
- Green hydrogen purchase to count as RPO: Power Ministry draft rulesIt proposes to make consumers with 100 kW load, covering MSMEs and commercial complexes, eligible to take power through green energy open a...
- Power ministry circulates draft rules on clean energy, seeks commentsThe ministry has circulated the "Draft Electricity (promoting renewable energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021," an official ...
- Will delicense discoms to end monopolies: RK SinghThe power ministry will soon circulate a draft bill proposing amendments in the Electricity Act to omit the word ‘distribution licensee’ to...
- Discoms will have to supply power through franchisees: RK SinghThe minister said the Centre withstood pressure from states to get all discoms to open bank guarantees against power purchases.
- Government may amend power act to levy hefty penalties on discomsThe govt seeks to levy hefty fines on power distribution companies for load shedding and make provisions for direct subsidy transfers by st...
- Soon, like mobile number you may also port your power supplierGovernment plans to table a bill in the winter session of Parliament to give electricity consumers the freedom to choose the supplier.
- 'Proposal to allow multiple power suppliers anti-people'Noting that India is a energy-starved nation, he termed the proposal of reducing price of power through competition as "impractical".
- Consumers may get to choose discomThe proposal is similar to mobile number portability where consumers can switch to a telecom operator of their choice.
- Power Min plans review of electricity regulatorsThe Power Ministry has set up a panel to look into various proposals including introduction of appraisal system for central and state elect...
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