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Everything is geared up for 24X7 ‘Power for All’ by March 2019: Govt

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Confident of meeting ’24X7 Power for All’ target by March, the government wants to take forward its reform agenda for the power sector in 2019 including by providing consumers options to change their service provider even as the industry wants immediate steps to ease the “pains” relating to coal shortage, financial stress and high pricing.

After 100 per cent household electrification under the government’s ambitious ‘Saubhagya’ scheme, the next big policy move for the sector could be the proposed electricity amendment bill that provides for separation of carriage and content business. This would help consumers to change their service providers for electricity supply, just like they do for the telecom and other services.

Under the Rs 163.20 billion Saubhagya scheme, the government has already provided electricity connections to 22 million families and expects to complete the task of connecting the remaining 780 million households latest by February 2019.

“The last one year has been momentous for power sector in the country. Electricity reached every village this April and we are on the verge of electrifying every household. The whole world is looking at India’s electrification journey with admiration,” Power Minister R K Singh told agencies.

“Now we have set ourselves on the path of ’24X7 Power for All’ by March 31, 2019 and the government is committed to take every step to achieve this through expansion and strengthening of infrastructure for power generation, transmission & distribution as also putting in place a robust regulatory framework in terms of amendments to Electricity Act and Tariff Policy,” he said.

The industry players, however, also wants an urgent attention on possible measures from the government side on tackling various stress points for the sector, including those regarding their financial viability.

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