Summary
THE Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was tabled in Lok Sabha on August 8, seeking to amend the Electricity Act, 2003. The bill, first introduced in the Monsoon Session of Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Power aimed to transform the power sector with a special emphasis on bolstering the network for power distribution in the country. However, owing to fervid opposition and demonstrations led by various stakeholders such as power sector employees, power engineers, and the farming community across the country, it was soon referred for scrutiny to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Energy.
What are the proposed amendments?
Some of th......