The Union government was working at amending laws to bring in more competition among electricity distribution companies (discoms) of various states in the country.
Union Minister for Power, and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that the proposal was not to “privatise electricity supply companies. What you do is to bring in competition.” He was responding to queries on proposals to privatise state-run discoms at a media briefing along the sidelines of a G-20 Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting, Sunday.
The present discoms, he said, would remain. “But they should be asked to compete so that you, as a consumer has a choice.
