The power employees held a protest rally near the main office in Sector 17 on Tuesday, against the Chandigarh administration’s move to privatise the electricity department. The members unanimously decided to observe a one-day strike on February 1 in all the shifts, and two-day strike on February 23-24. In case the administration privatises the department by then, they warned of going on an indefinite strike....

  UT Powermen Union on Tuesday decided to observe one day strike on February 1 against privatisationChandigarh of electricity distribution in Chandigarh. The employees of UT Chandigarh Electricity Department today held a protest rally and demonstration in sector 17 against the decision of union cabinet to handover the work relating to electricity distribution to a private company ...

The promise of free or subsidised electricity in poll-bound states is giving enough fodder to political parties in the run up to assembly elections to be held in the next few months. Seven states are going to polls this year, of which five – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand – will witness assembly elections in the first half of 2022 while Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat will...

  Adani Power Rajasthan has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against the power trading companies owned by the Rajasthan Government for non-payment of ?6,738 crore. In September 2020, the apex court had ordered three Rajasthan power distribution companies to pay a compensatory tariff to Adani Power Rajasthan since 2013 to recover the higher cost of imported coal. The...

  Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution companies (discoms) to power producers rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,21,030 crore in January 2022. Discoms owed a total of Rs 1,15,904 crore to power generation firms in January 2021, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators)...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) empowered alternative mechanism for disinvestment is reported to have finalised selling 100% equity of Central Electronics Ltd. (CEL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE), for a paltry sum of Rs 210 Crores, to a private entity called Nandal Finance and Leasing Pvt Ltd. This private entity is a financial intermediary. It has clearly no competence, managerial ...

  The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Sunday urged the government to withdraw cabinet decision on privatization of electricity distribution in UT Chandigarh as the matter is still sub judice. V K Gupta Spokesperson AIPEF said that the legal challenge filed by UT employees is still sub judice as the matter was first referred to Supreme Court which then directed it to Hig...

  The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Sunday urged the government to withdraw cabinet decision on privatization of electricity distribution in UT Chandigarh as the matter is still sub judice. V K Gupta Spokesperson AIPEF said that the legal challenge filed by UT employees is still sub judice as the matter was first referred to Supreme Court which then directed it to Hig...

  The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Sunday  urged the government to withdraw cabinet decision on privatization of electricity distribution in UT Chandigarh as the matter is still sub judice. A Spokesperson AIPEF V K Gupta  said that the  legal challenge filed by UT employees is still sub judice as the matter was first referred to Supreme Co...

All India Power Engineers Federation on Sunday urged the government to withdraw the Union Cabinet decision to privatise power distribution in Chandigarh as the matter is still sub-judice. "The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Sunday urged the government to withdraw Cabinet decision on privatisation of electricity distribution in UT (Union Territory) Chandigarh as the matter ...