Power Minister lays out govt’s agenda for 2020; here are reforms planned for power sector

The government will have to do a tight ropewalk as it pursues a target of 24×7 electricity for all, and also attract investors in a sector where state power distributors continue to be in the intensive care unit (ICU) amid slipping demand. The agenda for the year 2020 is well laid out — launch of UDAY 2.0, installation of smart pre-paid metres, prompt payment by discoms, making coal available for short term and reviving gas based plants.

However, the government has been on the mark so far as it took slew of measures to bring sector out of woods. But, it has to ensure effective implementation of various policy tweaks done so far and to do left out task especially for gas-based stranded power projects in the country.