Discoms need to get their house in order: RK Singh
Giving cheap and reliable electricity without creating any turf wars between the producing and consuming States is a challenge before RK Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy. Singh, a bureaucrat-turned politicians, has set stiff deadlines for his team to meet the targets, including electrification of all remaining inhabited un-electrified villages by this month end, connection to all willing households by December 2018 and infrastructure for seamless power by March 2019. Singh is also focussing on cleaning up the State distribution utilities’ balance-sheets. In an interview with BusinessLine, Singh said “the States and UTs have resolved to clear all current year’s dues of Discoms along with 25 per cen.....