Power bought from private sector has doubled since 2008-09 in Ahmedabad
The power purchased from the private sector has doubled since 2008-09. The overall purchase of power from private sectors which was 15.22% of the total purchase from all sectors including central government increased to 37.22%. The state in the year 2012-13 purchased 73,253.47 million units from all sectors. In the year 2008-09, the state purchased 55,771.22 million units. The increase in purchase from the private sector was 22%. This was pointed out by the CAG. The audit report stated that the purchase of power from private independent power sector also increased from 66.59% to 82.75%. This purchase increased from 5,653.24 million units to 22,562.17 million units, which indicated an increase of 300%. The report pointed out that the power p.....