The Narendra Modi government, which is already facing farmers and opposition’s ire over agri laws, is now facing stiff resistance over the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 even before it is introduced in Parliament. Such is the conception about the Bill and its provision that electricity unions across several states have staged a protest against it.
Except for some cities like Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the power supply in most parts of the country is controlled by discoms at present. However, the state-owned firms have been grappling with losses and debts for several years and the government has to bring out several schemes to restructure their debts and incentivise them to reduce losses.
