Power ministry moots new scheme to let discoms clear dues to gencos

The power ministry on Wednesday proposed a fresh scheme to facilitate the state-run electricity distribution entities (discoms) to pay up their dues to gencos, which at last count stood at a staggering Rs 1 trillion. The move follows a low level of compliance with its recent directives to the discoms to clear dues and the realisation that it largely resulted from a resource crunch with the discoms.