The government is revising the smart meter rollout plan by switching to an aggregation model, similar to the bulk procurement strategy it had adopted for LED bulbs which helped reduce prices to almost a fifth in four years.
A senior government official said the government was revising its smart meter launch strategy under the ₹3.1 lakh crore proposed distribution reforms scheme. The Centre would now target the rollout on a mission mode in 500 AMRUT cities, union territories and industrial and commercial cities in the first phase.
