“Despite various policy interventions, DISCOMs continue to suffer from financial woes. Analyse the reasons for their woes. Examine the proposals in the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2020 and issues with them.10 marks

Mentor’s comment- https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-jolt-to-national-energy-security/article31617586.ece In the intro, you can mention various policy interventions done by governments to help DISCOMs. In the body, you can mention the reasons for the financial woes of the discoms- like, two-part tariff policy, overestimation by the CEA, transmission losses etc. In the new proposed amendments, there are several issues to mention- … Continue reading “Despite various policy interventions, DISCOMs continue to suffer from financial woes. Analyse the reasons for their woes. Examine the proposals in the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2020 and issues with them.10 marks