Rural power supply duration rose to 18.5 hours a day: Union minister RK Singh
Singh explained that some of the major reform initiatives which the Ministry of Power has recently undertaken include Universal Access to Electricity.
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NEW DELHI: Average rural power supply duration increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, Power Minister RK Singh has said.
A statement said that the minster was addressing the Power Ministry Parliamentary Consultative Committee in a meeting on Wednesday. RK Singh, Minister of State ( Independent charge), Ministry of Power has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, it said.
Average rural power supply duration increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, Power Minister R K Singh has said. The minster was addressing the Power Ministry Parliamentary Consultative Committee in a meeting on Wednesday, a statement said. R.K Singh, Minister of State ( Independent charge), Ministry of Power has informed that the average rural power supply duration has increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20, it said. Replying to the queries of Members of Parliament, Singh explained that some of the major reform initiatives which the Ministry of Power has recently undertaken include Universal Access to Electricity; Reliable, Quality and Sustainable Supply; Empowering Consumers and Green and Clean Nation.
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New Delhi:
Union Power Minister RK Singh on Tuesday said that the Mumbai power outage last October was caused by human error and there is no evidence to prove that it was triggered due to a cyberattack by China.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Singh said, Two teams investigated the power outage and reported that the outage was caused by human error and not due to cyberattack. One of the teams submitted that cyberattacks did happen but they were not linked to the Mumbai grid failure, The cyberattacks happened on our northern and southern region load dispatch centres. However, the malware could not reach our operating system. Maharashtra Home Minister has informed that cyberattacks happened on their Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in Mumbai, the minister added.
Human error, not Chinese cyber attack , says Union Power Minister on Mumbai 2020 blackout By Amit Kumar | Updated: Mar 02, 2021 17:49 IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Union Power Minister R K Singh on Tuesday said that Mumbai power outage of October 2020 was caused by human error and there is no evidence to prove that it was trigged due to a cyber attack by China.
Speaking to ANI, Singh said, Two teams investigated the power outage and reported that the outage was caused by human error and not due to cyber attack. One of the teams submitted that cyber attacks did happen but they were not linked to the Mumbai grid failure,