All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter to the Prime Minister has stressed that the proposed electricity amendment bill 2021 should not be rushed to the Parliament during the pandemic period and before detailed discussion with power sector engineers and employees.

V K Gupta spokesperson of AIPEF said that the Ministry of Power circulated the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 on February 5 only to the state secretaries of energy for comments to be sent within 2 weeks which was inadequate. This procedure is anomalous and defective as the important stakeholders comprising power sector engineers and employees, electricity consumers have been excluded from giving their comments.