{"id":654784,"date":"2025-12-02T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=654784"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:54:41","slug":"putting-citizens-at-the-centre-of-power-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/putting-citizens-at-the-centre-of-power-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting citizens at the centre of power reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, electricity in India has been about supply, not choice. We have built mega-generating stations, transmission grids, and expanded distribution networks. Yet, for the common man, electricity remains a take-it-or-leave-it deal. One supplier, one tariff, no exit. And if the power goes out: Too bad.<\/p>\n<p>Whether distribution companies (discoms) respond to complaints, ensure reliable power, or bill fairly, you have no say. No alternative. No way out. You\u2019re stuck with a monopoly. Now ask yourself: In the world\u2019s largest democracy, why should an essential service such as electricity offer no consumer choice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, electricity in India has been about supply, not choice. We have built mega-generating stations, transmission grids, and expanded distribution networks. Yet, for the common man, electricity remains a take-it-or-leave-it deal. One supplier, one tariff, no exit. And if the power goes out: Too bad. Whether distribution companies (discoms) respond to complaints, ensure reliable power, or bill fairly, you have no say. No alternative. No way out. You\u2019re stuck with a monopoly. Now ask yourself: In the world\u2019s largest democracy, why should an essential service such as electricity offer no consumer choice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-power-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}