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Discoms' outstanding dues to gencos fall 3% to Rs 78,379 cr in March

Total dues owed by electricity distribution companies to power producers fell 3.4% to Rs 78,379 cr in March 2021 as compared to the year-ago period, showing a reversal of discoms' growing outstandings

Power play

The sector needs urgent pricing reforms

National Electricity Policy-21 bats for quality power, private investment

This year's draft NEP like its earlier versions underlines importance of coal-based power and why it is still too early to retire it despite growth in renewables

Discoms overdues falls by over Rs 151 bn to Rs 740 bn in Mar: Report

The outstanding overdues of power distribution utilities fell by over Rs 15,118 crore to Rs 74,510 crore in March this year, as compared to the preceding month, according to PFC Consulting Ltd data

Rs 75,000 cr disbursement to discoms under special liquidity scheme

Under the scheme, govt-owned lenders PFC and REC extended special one time loan to discoms to clear their due to the power generating companies

Discom overdue increases 5.5-times in 5 states; disputes rising too

Bills worth Rs 12,856 crore were in dispute till January 2020, the amount has risen to Rs 15,098 crore.

Discoms have been sanctioned Rs 1.35 trillion in loans, get Rs 46,000 cr

Power distribution utilities or discoms in the country have been sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and disbursed Rs 46,321 crore so far under the liquidity infusion scheme

Debt worth Rs 30,000 crore for wind power projects faces risk

The problem predominantly pertains to four key states - Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 24% to Rs 1.36 trn in Dec

The portal was launched in May 2018 to bring in transparency in power purchase transactions between the generators and discoms

Policy and regulatory framework for discoms in the offing, says PM Modi

PM Modi said the government is focused on reaching every village and every household as India is now a power surplus country

Policy and regulatory framework for Discoms in the offing: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for Discoms is in the offing

Budget proposal puts onus on states to fund, get discoms back in shape

Budget's Rs 3 trillion scheme expects states to submit action plan, get results

New Bill set to amend the Electricity Act, end licence raj in power supply

Electricity Bill, 2021, will be tabled in the ongoing session

Power engineers, employees stage nationwide protest against privatisation

Power engineers and discom employees demanded to scrap the process to privatise discoms in states and Union territories

India's peoposed discom reform plan to benefit gencos in long term: Fitch

Fitch said discoms are saddled with huge accumulated losses due to a combination of crippling debt, expensive power, technical and commercial losses, and less-than-commensurate increases in tariffs

Budget in 2 minutes: 'Bad bank' gets nod, discoms to get funds & more

A new voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, to phase out old and unfit vehicles, is to be announced, to encourage fuel-efficient, environment-friendly vehicles

Top headlines: Cabinet okays PSU privatisation policy, Amazon under ED lens

From Cabinet's nod to PSU privatisation policy to ED registering a case against Amazon, Business Standard brings you the top headlines

Discoms should be consumer-centric, bring more pvt investment: House panel

One of the suggestions by the committee was increasing private participation in power distribution by way of content-carriage separation

Discoms discover tech, aim to automate grid operations for service delivery

Adani Electricity Mumbai (AEML), for instance, is upgrading its grid infrastructure with investments in automation and using technology-enabled service delivery, processes and training modules

Power engineers to protest on Feb 3 against privatisation of discoms

Power sector engineers would go for token work boycott across the country on February 3 to protest against the move to privatise distribution companies by the central government, the All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) said on Monday. "Power engineers across the country shall resort to token work boycott and hold protest meetings on 3rd February against privatization policies of the Government of India," AIPEF spokesperson V K Gupta said in a statement. Shailendra Dubey, the Chairman of AIPEF, in a letter to the Prime Minister, stated that power engineers and engineers are grieved over the central government's move towards the power sector privatisation through Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, & Standard Bidding Document for total privatisation of distribution of electricity. Power engineers are opposing conversion of public monopoly to private monopoly, he said, adding that the policy of privatisation was slowly destroying the public sector across the country .