Two-day Rajgir power ministers' meet called off

At the meet, Power Minister R K Singh was expected to ask states to submit their plans

The two-day meet of power and renewable energy ministers, which was scheduled to start at Rajgir in Bihar on November 10, has been called off at the eleventh hour. The biennial conference, which was to be chaired by Power Minister R K Singh, stood cancelled because Singh is slated to attend the Union Council of Ministers meet on Friday. At the meet, Singh was expected to ask states to submit their plans and funding requirements to provide electricity to 40 million families under the Saubhagya scheme by December next year. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Saubhagya scheme (Pradhan Mantri