Refer Electricity (Amendment) bill to parliamentary panel: AIPEF to PM

All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 – which aims to empower regulators and encourage competition in the sector, among others – should be referred to Parliament’s standing committee on energy for detailed discussion with all the stakeholders.

AIPEF spokesperson V K Gupta said that as per legislative business of August 8, Union Power Minister R K Singh would move the bill to amend the Electricity Act, 2003.

“Power engineers and employees from all over the country will stop the work immediately and protest on August 8 if the bill is tabled in Parliament,” Gupta said,