India to fine firms for blackouts, crack down on electricity theft | Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to fine electricity distributors from April 2019 for power cuts deemed avoidable and to make it mandatory for the companies to install prepaid or smart meters to prevent electricity theft, Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh said on Thursday. An employee works on electric pylons at a power station in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi June 8, 2012

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