One-man committee to prepare White Paper on power

The Delhi government on Thursday formed a one-member committee of theformer chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) Bijendra Singh, to bring out a White Paper on power sector.

The Paper will focus on what the Aam Aadmi Party inherited from the previous government and what plans it has to improve the situation in the capital.

Delhi Power Minister Satyendra Jain formed the committee under the chairmanship of former Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission head Bijendra Singh and directed him to look into various aspects of the power sector since 2002, and give the Paper within a period of three months.

After the completion of the report, it will be tabled in the Assembly. The White Paper will also cover the time frame since 2002 when the Congress was in power, during which the sector saw privatisation.

The Paper will also focus on how power privatisation was done and why. The committee will also examine the power project agreements.

The government proposes to place in the public domain all relevant facts related to privatisation of electricity distribution in Delhi and whether the specific purpose for which privatisation was done has been achieved during the past 13 years.