Power engineers urge PM to put Electricity (Amendment) Bill on hold
The All India Power Engineers Federation has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put on hold the controversial draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 as a large number of states have raised serious objections regarding the amendments.
In a letter sent to the Prime Minister, Shailendra Dubey, chairman AIPEF said the controversial Bill must be withdrawn, particularly as a number of states such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Puducherry have expressed strong objections regarding it.
