When somebody says that power is free, it means that you pay more taxes because ultimately it is the taxpayer who is bearing the brunt of the free power, the Union minister for power said.
The Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) rules for the wind industry, and the General Network Access (GNA) rules issued by CERC last year were the biggest triggers for the Power Ministry s directive, officials told Moneycontrol.
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The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the country would experience above-normal temperatures and an increased number of heatwave days during April-June
The coal stock situation is “manageable”, as of now, data accessed by Moneycontrol shows. Of the 165 domestic coal-based thermal power plants in the country, 32 had critical stocks. Last year at this time, the number of such plants was around 96.