Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 03:20 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Power sector hopes for reforms at state level as Centre curbs imports

Given the federal structure in the power sector, most states float tenders different from the Centre and adopt separate selection criteria, mostly tilting towards low cost.

infrastructure, power
Premium

Close to 75 per cent of India’s solar power capacity is built on Chinese solar cells and modules.

Shreya Jai New Delhi
The Centre may be moving at a fast pace to curb import of equipment, but the power industry is hoping that reforms will trickle down to the states as well. As growth of electricity infrastructure is expected to come from states, the industry wants them to follow a single bidding guideline and give preference to domestic manufacturers.

Given the federal structure in the power sector, most states float tenders different from the Centre and adopt separate selection criteria, mostly tilting towards low cost. 

The ministry of power on Tuesday announced several barriers for import of equipment for power generation, transmission and distribution

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in