Sukhbir Singh Badal
Former Deputy CM, Punjab
We all know that power is a fundamental driver of growth and development. It is the life-breath of any economy. But in Punjab, it had for long remained the most neglected area.
When we took over in 2007, against the basic demand of 9,000 MW of power, Punjab had a total installed capacity of just 6,201 MW. This meant that the state’s economy was working at 50 per cent below potential. On top of it, transmission losses ran as high as 32 per cent, leaving us with less than 4,000 MW for actual use. This was not even half of the actual demand. How could the state progress then?
Power sector employees boycott work to protest privatisation
February 02, 2021
× Employees of electricity distribution companies (discoms) across India will resort to a boycott of work on February 3. The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has been called the protest, which has said that about 15 lakh power sector workers will take part in the boycott to voice opposition against the union government’s push for privatisation of discoms.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the federation has expressed objections to the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and the ministry of power s Standard Bidding Document for discom privatisation. The latest case of privatisation was in October 2020, when Tata Power took over Odisha s Central Electricity supply Undertaking (CESU).
Power engineers to protest on February 3 against privatisation of discoms
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Last Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 03:36 PM IST
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Shailendra Dubey, the Chairman of AIPEF, in a letter to the Prime Minister, stated that power engineers and engineers are grieved over the central government s move towards the power sector privatisation through Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, & Standard Bidding Document for total privatisation of distribution of electricity.
The AIPEF demanded withdrawal process of privatization of electricity from public the sector to private companies in states and union territories .
New Delhi: Power sector engineers would go for token work boycott across the country on February 3 to protest against the move to privatise distribution companies by the central government, the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said on Monday. Power engineers across the country shall resort to token work boycott and hold protest meetings on 3rd February