Power Minister Piyush Goyal today endorsed the idea of providing electricity connection to consumers other than property owners like tenants and said it does not create any right over ownership. Some states are afraid that providing power connections would lead to claims over properties," Goyal told reporters here after a press conference on this Austria and UK visit at FICCI. He further said, "The Uttar Pradesh government is working on norms for providing electricity connection to all (including tenants) in way that it does not create ownership of the power customer. The UDAY scheme was launched in November 2015 for reviving the debt stressed state power distribution utilities. It was always a fact that it was state debt.

Source: dna May 16, 2017 15:00 UTC