Power Tariffs

India To Cut Daytime Power Tariffs, Raise Fees For Night Use

It is aimed at encouraging price-sensitive consumers to run their air-conditioners for fewer hours at night, which would in turn reduce the strain on overworked fossil-fuel power plants and lower the risk of nighttime power cuts.

Jun 23, 2023, 17:10 PM IST

Pakistan Economic Crisis: Electricity charges go up by Rs 4.8 per unit amid rising inflation

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has allowed power distribution companies to increase tariffs and charge power consumers more. 

Apr 16, 2022, 08:47 AM IST

Rail Budget 2015: Power tariffs may rise after hike in freight rates for coal

An official of state-run miner Coal India said that the impact of freight rate hike would be on the landed cost of coal.

Feb 26, 2015, 17:44 PM IST

Auction of coal mines to lower power tariff: President

The government is committed to bringing transparency in the allocation of natural resources including coal, the auctions for which have started and would result in lowering power tariff, President Pranab Mukherjee said today.

Feb 23, 2015, 15:57 PM IST