Former Secretary to Central Government, EAS Sarma, has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to drop the proposal to call for tenders for smart meters, for, it will allow only private suppliers to profiteer at the cost of farmers
Hyderabad: Proving true Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s observations that efforts were on to impose pre-paid smart meters on every power connection by the BJP-led Centre while tyring to privatize power utilities, the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government has floated tenders for installation of 2.8 crore smart meters in UP. More so, corporate giants, including Adani […]
Hyderabad: The Central government has notified the timeline for the replacement of existing electricity meters with smart meters with prepayment feature. All consumers, other than agricultural consumers in areas with communication network, should be supplied electricity with smart meters working in prepayment mode, conforming to relevant IS, within specified timelines. All Union Territories and electrical […]