- The Standing Committee constituted to work on Electricity issues in India made recommendations to create a new Electricity Policy.
- Based on the recommendations, the Ministry of Power constituted an expert committee under the chairmanship of Gireesh Pradhan to create the policy.
- The panel submitted the draft policy in October 2021.
- Now, the ministry has finalized the policy and is circulating it to the states and the CEA (Central Electricity Authority) seeking comments.
- India launched its first National Electricity Policy in 2005.
- Even after 16 years since the launch, no efforts were initiated to update the policy.
- Despite of peak energy shortages, no efforts were launched to change the policy.
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