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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicElectricity Act

Topic: Electricity Act

Electricity regulators need more autonomy. Court rulings not enough, amend Electricity Act

Independent regulators were established in the hope that decision-making would be depoliticised. The ambiguities of the Electricity Act make this difficult.

Govts invoking crisis clause in Electricity Act hurts private players. Start storing instead

Under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, the government can force a generation company to operate and maintain a station as per its requirements.

Politics is holding back power sector reforms. It only brings financial pain

The artificial distortion of tariff owing to political pressures has time and again led to discom bailouts, which in turn has increased the debt to GSDP ratio.

Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 introduced by Centre in Lok Sabha

The bill seeks to amend section 42 of the Electricity Act to facilitate non-discriminatory open access to the distribution network of a distribution licensee.

Electricity Council, just like a GST Council, can ease India’s power sector woes

The Modi government’s renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030, has seen slower-than-expected progress.

Kejriwal asks NDA CMs to discuss dangers of Electricity Act amendments with PM Modi

The Delhi CM said that the proposed amendments, if passed, will make power tariffs same for the common man and industrial units. 

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.