NEW DELHI: Delhi government on Tuesday directed Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to conduct a special audit of the discoms over power subsidies released to them from 2016 to 2022.
Delhi government said the purpose of the audit was to ensure that the residents of Delhi received electricity subsidies in a transparent and fair manner. “This special audit of power companies has been ordered on the instructions of CM Arvind Kejriwal. It will be conducted by a CAG-empanelled (external) auditor for Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission for financial years 2016-17 to 2021-22,” it added.
The government said power minister Atishi had informed that on March 27, the Kejriwal government sent the file regarding the audit to the lieutenant governor but he sat on it for three weeks.
