Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 23:03
World Bank today called for more transparency in India's power subsidy regime and suggested re-identification of the target population to improve the balance-sheets of losses-stricken discoms.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 21:06
Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia added however that discoms should be revenue neutral.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 19:16
TPDDL supplies power to 13 lakh consumers in North and North West parts of Delhi.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 13:52
"The states say they will give free power, but the losses suffered by the discoms are not bridged from the state government's coffers and in the end it is the discom that suffers. This is the problem."
Last Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012, 21:33
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said power subsidy for agriculture sector and weaker sections will continue.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 19:26
A week after the 22 percent hike in power tariff, Delhi government Saturday formally took a decision to provide a subsidy of Rs one per unit to domestic consumers whose monthly consumption of electricity does not exceed 200 units.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 19:01
Stating that suppressing of energy prices would not help, the Planning Commission has suggested increasing electricity tariffs while providing targeted subsidy for poor people.
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