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Lakhs of power sector employees today protested the Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 across the country, claimed All-India Power Engineers’ Federation.

The introduction of the Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 in Parliament today has drawn widespread criticism in Punjab with politicians, farmer unions and power engineers opposing it.

Electricity Amendment Bill NEW DELHI, Aug 7: The claim of providing choice of multiple service providers to power consumers in the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022, is “misleading” and will make state-run discoms loss making entities, according to AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey. The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 is scheduled to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the bill be referred to […]

Strongly opposing the Centre’s introduction of the Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 in Parliament without even consulting the states, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday termed the move as an “attack on the constitutional rights” of the states.

The contentious Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 that enables the entry of private companies in the power distribution landscape was on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid stiff opposition by a group of parties, and was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on energy for wider consulta