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What is the News?
The Union Minister for Power has launched a “Reform and regulatory knowledge base for the power sector” and a “Regulatory Data Dashboard Program”. These initiatives have been developed by IIT Kanpur.
About Reform and regulatory knowledge base for the power sector:
- It is an e-certification program to provide regulatory training to practitioners from diverse backgrounds through virtual mode.
| Read more: NITI Aayog and RMI Release a Report on Power Distribution Sector |
About Regulatory Data Dashboard Program:
- Regulatory Data Dashboard is an e-compendium of data containing State-wise details of tariff and DISCOM performance.
- The dashboard would assist in benchmarking the sector performance, over time and across the power sector utilities.
- This would help regulators and policymakers as well as the entities themselves to identify areas for improvement
| Read more: “Reform-based and result-linked scheme” to revive discoms |
