Privatisation of the Power Sector in India - A Preliminary Appraisal

Author: Archana SinhaEditor(s): Archana SinhaPublisher: Indian Social InstituteYear: 2003Language: EnglishPages: 70ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187218576 DescriptionImmediately after independence, under the aegis of BR. Ambedkar the Electricity Act 1948 was enacted. The objective of the 1948 Act was to provide electricity at reasonable prices all over the country and ensure rural electrification. Nearly every state and union territory organized its own vertically integrated electricity board. By 1991, they controlled over 70 per cent of power generation and virtually took care of all transmission and distribution lines within the states, and a national transmission grid company was developed to share power among regions.This booklet is an effort towards a preliminary appraisal of the privatization of the power sector in India and is aimed at developing base line information about the Indian power sector. Under the Indian constitution, electricity is considered a concurrent subject, meanin