Shimla to host State Power Ministers' conference as deadline looms

Centre will also discuss with the states the status of coal supply and stock and flexibility

The bi-annual conference of state power ministers will be held in Shimla next week. This time, the focus of the conference will be on monitoring and expediting the progress of Centre's flagship schemes just a year ahead of the next general elections and on meeting deadlines of almost all flagship power reform schemes.

Scheduled to be held in Shimla, which is in the grip of a severe water shortage, the three-day conference is down to just one day this time. The agenda of the meeting shared by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Power, said the conference would deliberate on