Budget 2020: Powermen red flag any 'privatisation' attempt by govt

To be named as Atal Distribution System Improvement Yojana (ADITYA), the scheme is likely to be introduced in Union Budget, since the previous Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) is expiring in March

The government power engineers have urged Narendra Modi government to take them into confidence on any legislation move aimed at ‘privatisation’ of electricity supply during the upcoming Union Budget Session of Parliament.

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), which represents 1.5 million public sector powermen, wrote to union power minister R K Singh expressing apprehension on Thursday. Their apprehensions were on the basis of newspaper reports, that the Centre had planned changes or amendments in the Electricity Act 2003 to introduce multiple supply licensee or franchisee by segregating carriage and content in present distribution system.

AIPEF chairman Shailendra Dubey told