Electricity Amendment Bill 2020: 15 lakh power employees to go on a nation-wide protest

Approximately 15 lakh power sector employees, including engineers, would go on a nationwide protest on Tuesday seeking the withdrawal of Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 and opposing the move to privatise state-owned power distribution companies (discoms).

Speaking to FE, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) chairman Shailendra Dubey said the move to privatise discoms was on in union territories (UTs), Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (Varanasi) and three discoms of Odisha.