It informed that distribution companies would now be required to undertake quarterly energy accounting through a certified energy manager within sixty days. It must provide detailed information on consumption and consumption patterns among different categories of consumers.
The power shutdown will take place between 9 am to 2 pm. The supply is expected to get normalise at 2 pm if the work gets completed.
Sidhu also unleashed a veiled attack on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh saying there would be no need for him to go for power cuts or to regulate the office timings if the state acts 'in the right direction'.
On a macro level, universal access to reliable energy is key to improving the health and well-being of people around the world.
The textile firm owner was found guilty of power theft worth Rs 85,75,425.
The man had not paid electricity bills for the last two years which amounted to dues of Rs 65,176.
The national capital's power demand has increased by 43 percent since December 1 and by 60 percent since November 1
After a gap of six months, power consumption recorded a year-on-year growth of 4.4 per cent in September and 11.6 per cent in October.
The village got power in 2018, but it was so erratic that villagers are now using the Topno method to light their homes and charge their mobiles.
Punjab projects a grim festival season as coal supplies run low.
A tariff policy that does not burden consumers with distribution companies' inefficiencies will be guaranteed, Sitharaman said while presenting the fourth tranche of economic stimulus package.
Nitin Raut has appealed to the people to keep the necessary lights on at home while igniting lamps and candles on Sunday, as asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to avoid this situation.
The Power Minister has claimed his comment was made to encourage people to pay bills and the matter has not been discussed at cabinet level.
In August, the Aam Aadmi Party government had announced free-electricity of up to 200 units for domestic consumers and later extended the scheme to tenants residing in the national capital.
The eight core sector industries - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity - had expanded by 7.3 per cent in July last year.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also said that those consuming 201 to 400 units of electricity will continue to get 50 per cent power subsidy from the government
The senior-most officer in the Ministry of Finance, Subhash Chandra Garg was shifted to the Power Ministry on Wednesday. Thereafter he announced that he had applied for voluntary retirement from service on Thursday.
About 42,000 customers lost electricity in the early evening, according to the Con Edison utility, which did not give a reason for the cut.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.