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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Farmers Protest: Myths and Realities
Colonel B S Nagial (Retd)
The present stalemate between Government of India and protesting farmers doesn’t show any signs of resolution as of now. Farmers mainly from Punjab and Haryana are protesting against three laws enacted recently by the Central Government. These three laws are: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020: It widens the space of trade areas of farmers produce of particular regions to ‘any place of production, collection, and aggregation’ and facilitates farmers for e-trading and e-commerce of their produce. States can’t levy any market fee, cess or any levy on farmers, traders, e-trading and e-commerce platforms which are engaged in trading of farmers’ produce.