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POLITICISATION OF ELECTRICITY
Power gencos seek to join debate in SC over freebiesThe writ petition filed by the Association of Power Producers (APP) sought the court's intervention "in the financially crippling crisis fa...
PM Modi urges states to expedite clearing Rs 2.5 lakh crore power duesThe Prime Minister, who was launching a revamped power sector distribution scheme, said states owe about Rs 1 lakh crore to generation comp...
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Politicisation of electricity 'disastrous': RK SinghPower and renewable energy minister R K Singh on Thursday expressed displeasure over poll-bound states announcing free electricity and said...
West Bengal Elections 2021: Vote for non-discriminatory, honest government, PM tells votersIn his earlier rallies, Modi had sharply attacked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for playing “appeasement politics” with the Mu...
CERC voices concerns on jurisdiction overlap; says MoP's draft rules on late fee not tenableThe development comes in the backdrop of divided views in the industry on government intervention in regulatory matters. Sections of the in...
Congress trying to politicise farmers' problems: M Venkaiah NaiduM Venkaiah Naidu today blamed the Congress for instigating farmers in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where five people were killed in police fi...
Concern in Lok Sabha over drought situationScindia (Cong) said farmers across the country are facing tough situation...the bank loan and electricity bills of the farmers should be wa...
- Karnataka minister threatens action against Goan IT workers in Bengaluru
The senior minister accused the Parsekar-led BJP government of singling out Kannada people in it's action.
PM Narendra Modi should show leadership or shoulder responsibility: Prithviraj ChavanPM Modi should show "leadership" to resolve the power crisis in the country or else shoulder complete responsibility for any breakdown, Mah...
Subsidy impact on discoms should be revenue neutral: Jyotiraditya ScindiaHis comments come against the backdrop of Arvind Kejriwal announcing reduction in power tariffs by up to 50% for consumers using up to 400 ...
AAP giveaways like power and water sops are fiscally retrogradePlan for nil water charges for up to 667 litres per day, and a sharp rise in rates thereafter, would be an incentive for meter tampering an...
Gujarat says its stand against central PSUs vindicatedThe Narendra Modi govt in Gujarat is relishing its success in regulatory and legal battles against state-run giants Coal India and Oil & Na...
- Arvind Kejriwal misleading people on power tariff: Sheila Diskhit
Sheila Dikshit made a veiled attack on Kejriwal accusing him of trying to build his political future by "misleading" people on the issue of...
Populism vs power: Need is to strengthen reforms, not wreck them with populismWe need rational tariffs, not reckless giveaways and politically mandated tariffs that kill investments and lead to electricity shortages.
- BJP adopting double standards against farmers: Cong
The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP-ruled government in the state of adopting double standard against farmers on the issue of power dues.
- Traders not to participate in TN bandh
The Federation of Tamil Nadu Traders Association on Saturday said it would not participate in the October 1 'bandh' called by ruling DMK an...