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Big reform in the Electricity Distribution Sector
- November 3, 2017
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: DISCOMs, Ministry of Power - Policy
No CommentsThe Govt. is planning to separate carriage (distribution network) from the content (electricity supply business) for which they are planning to table the necessary bill in the winter session of the parliament that begins in the third week of November. Salient features of this proposal include: Introduction of Multiple Licensees for a single area of
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Two years of journey and UDAY encourages power supply
- August 1, 2017
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Category: DISCOMs
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) has helped Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) to put them back in shape and reducing the duration of blackouts in the nearly two years since the treatment began. UDAY was approved on November 5, 2015, when all state DISCOMs had a collective debt of Rs 3.95 lakh crore. Out of that
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UDAY list is now 26, as Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh new member of UDAY Scheme
- March 31, 2017
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: DISCOMs, Power Sector
The state governments of Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have joined the Union Government’s DISCOM debt relief scheme, Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY). So, twenty six states are now part of the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) Scheme. An overall net benefit of approximately Rs 4,178 crore, Rs 309 crore and Rs 810 crore would
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Renewable Energy: It’s relaunch time again for power sector
- May 21, 2016
- Posted by: BiconAdmin
- Categories: Miscellaneous, Power Sector, Renewable Energy
Supply bottlenecks in coal have lessened. But financial reforms and lack of policy clarity on renewables are concerns India’s power sector is poised for take-off. The Government is setting the stage for the next round of initiatives to move the sector forward. If one goes back to the set of reforms unleashed around 2003 there
