VIJAYAWADA: Stating that the state power sector, which is “struggling” with aggregate power distribution companies (Discoms) losses of Rs 30,000 crore and outstanding debt of Rs 80,000 crore, has a scope for “significant reforms”, the state government has constituted an expert committee to suggest a way out. The committee, which will particularly study the human resources issues plaguing the sector, has been tasked to submit a comprehensive report in 45 days.
A government order (RT 1126) issued by chief secretary Aditya Nath Das on Wednesday, noted that operating power companies efficiently ensures that consumers were not burdened with high tariffs and that public finances were not “unnecessarily strained” so that the government can use its “limited resources” for the most deserving among several competing issues.
