Power Tarrif

Government announces relief package for power sector amid lockdown due to coronavirus COVID-19

The union government on Friday (March 28,2020) has approved a financial relief package for the power sector. The relief was announced because the government admitted that electricity consumers will not be able to pay the electricity bill for the next three months which will lead shortage of money to the power supply.

Mar 28, 2020, 12:24 PM IST

Power producers see tariffs coming down under GST regime

Thermal power tariffs are likely to come down due to lower tax rate on coal under the Good and Service Tax regime which is expected to be rolled out from July 1, 2017.

May 18, 2017, 23:05 PM IST