Electricity Bill introduced in Lok Sabha, sent to parliamentary panel for scrutiny, opposition walks out in protest

With protests raging inside and outside of Parliament to oppose the amendment that the government is proposing to the Electricity Act, a bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by power minister R K Singh on Monday, to amend the Electricity Act, to allow non-discriminatory open access to distribution networks of power suppliers, amid protests by the opposition, which claimed that it seeks to take away certain rights of state governments.

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