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Frequent power outages grip Pakistan
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan is facing a severe power crisis with all nine power distribution companies (Discos) on Thursday starting hours-long interruptions of electricity supply in urban and rural areas across the country. On the other hand, consumers blamed the governmen
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Pakistan power utilities seek permission to increase tariff
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistani power utilities sought permission to raise Pakistani Rupees (Rs) 44 billion additional funds in April by charging extra tariff from the customers of power distribution companies (Discos) and K-Electric.
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Satyendar Jain meets discoms, says only 'one day' coal stock left in plant
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday held a meeting with the representatives of power distribution companies (discoms) in Delhi to discuss "power crisis" in the national capital and said that there is only one-day stock of coal left in the therm
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Reports of discom loss levels at Rs 90,000 crore grossly inflated: govt
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Power said on Wednesday that reports about power distribution companies (discoms) achieving loss levels of Rs 90,000 crore in FY2021 seem to be grossly inflated.
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Discom losses to be 40 pc above pre-pandemic levels: Crisil
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Cash losses of power distribution companies (discoms) will remain elevated at around Rs 46,000 crore this fiscal or 40 per cent higher than the Rs 33,000 crore seen in the pre-pandemic levels of fiscal 2020, Crisil Ratings has said.
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Stimulus package to provide relief for financial system but will not solve
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Singapore, May 19 (ANI): Stimulus measures announced by the government last week as part of a Rs 20 lakh crore economic package will help ease asset risks for the financial sector but not fully offset the negative impact from coronavirus outbreak, Moody' s Investors Service said on Tuesday.
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Govt bats for pvt investments in UT power DISCOMS, social infrastructure p
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Power distribution companies (DISCOMS) in Union Territories will be privatised in line with the new tariff policies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
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Pakistan: 879 electrocuted near state-owned power companies in past 5 year
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 9 (ANI): A total of 879 people have died of electrocution in the vicinity of state-owned power distribution companies in the last five years in different parts of Pakistan.
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