Tamil Nadu CM asks PM to keep Electricity Amendment Bill on hold till talks

Proposed Bill takes away certain powers of the State government, and seeks to bring in changes in the existing Electricity Act that would make power utilities in the public sector totally unviable

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has sought the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in keeping the amendments to the Electricity Act proposed by the Ministry of Power in abeyance till there are thorough discussions on the subject with the State governments. These talks would likely be held the Covid-19 pandemic subsides.

The proposed Electricity Amendment Bill takes away certain powers of the State government and at the same time seeks to bring significant changes in the existing Electricity Act. These include separating carriage and content in the distribution sector, which would make power utilities in the public sector totally