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Power companies’ shares rally as PM Modi vows to delicense distribution
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Last Updated: Feb 19, 2021, 08:57 AM IST
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Shares of Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd closed 7.3% higher on the BSE on Thursday while Torrent Power scrip ended the day 8% up while government officials held a series of meetings with industry captains and associations on the proposed legislative amendments to delicense power distribution and other announcements made in the Union budget.
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The government will free the electricity distribution sector from licensing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday when shares of several power companies rallied.
Shares of Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd closed 7.3% higher on the BSE on Thursday while Torrent Power scrip ended the day 8% up while government officials held a series of meetings with industry captains and associations on the proposed legislative amendments to delicense power distribution and other announcements
Will the 4 ‘R’ approach give power sector a plug?
Reach, reinforce, reform and renewable is the mantra that underpins the new holistic approach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his government’s approach for the power and renewable energy sector has been holistic and guided by four mantras reach, reinforce, reform, and renewable energy. “For reach, last mile connectivity is needed. This reach needs to be reinforced by installation capacity, for that reform is needed. Along with all this, renewable energy is the demand of the time,” said the Prime Minister when addressing a webinar on effective implementation of the Union Budget provisions in the power and renewable energy sector.