Govt aims to complete privatisation of UT discoms by January 2021

To usher in efficiency, the government is planning to privatise the electricity distribution companies (discoms) in Union Territories (UTs) by January 2021, sources said.

Efforts would also be made to privatise a number of discoms in major states such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam to improve the governance of these state-run entities.