Government to pay damages to consumers for load sheddings: Power Minister

RANCHI: Union Minster R K Singh on Sunday said the aim of the Centre is to have “One Nation One Grid” and pay damages to consumers in case of load sheddings.

The government will soon go ahead with structural reforms to achieve the objective of “One Nation One Grid”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in her budget speech earlier this month.

“The government will pay damages (to consumers) if load sheddings happen,” the Union Power Minister said without elaborating.