Nod for Electricity Act amendment plan

The Union Cabinet has approved proposals for amendment in the Electricity Act, 2003, as contained in the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 19, 2014. This was referred to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, which submitted its report to the Parliament in May, 2015, as per a release by the Press Information Bureau. The proposed amendments seek to end the monopoly of power distribution companies in the power sector by segregating the carriage (distribution sector or network) from the content (electricity supply).