Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 10: In a major reform push, India plans to open its retail electricity market to private companies across the country, ending the long-standing dominance of state-run power distributors, according to a draft bill from the Union Power Ministry cited by Reuters on Friday.

The move could pave the way for leading private firms such as Adani Enterprises, Tata Power, Torrent Power, and CESC to expand their presence nationwide.

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A similar reform proposal in 2022 had met stiff resistance from state-run utilities. Currently, only a few regions — including the National Capital Region (NCR), Odisha, and industrial states like Maharashtra and Gujarat — have privat

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