Power min to govt offices: Switch over to prepaid smart meters on priority

The power ministry has advised all central ministries and departments to switch to pre-paid smart electricity meters.

“The Ministry of Power has issued an advisory to all central ministries of the government to direct organisations under their administrative control to ensure switch over to prepaid smart meters on priority,” a power ministry statement said.

As part of the same process, the ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling orders in this regard.

This follows a clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance enabling all central ministries and central departments to make advance payments for pre-paid metered electricity without insisting on any bank guarantees, while at the same time ensuring proper accounting arrangements, it stated.