Pvt players will benefit: Workers federation leader slams electricity bill

The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 tabled in Parliament in August will benefit private players and hurt common citizens, a senior functionary of an employees’ outfit said on Saturday.

Mohan Sharma, national general secretary of All India Federation of Electricity Employees, said the Bill will stop power subsidy to famers and common consumers.

“While private companies will supply electricity to commercial consumers, the government distribution companies will suffer losses by providing subsidised electricity to farmers and common consumers. As a result, state-run power firms will become loss-making companies,” he claimed.