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`No public participation in power sector'
Our Bureau
New Delhi
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March 3
The near absence of public participation in the policy-making process in the country's electricity sector and the lack of provisions to prevent conflict of interest among policy-makers are among the observations that form part of a report on the state of governance in the Indian electricity sector.
The report, released on Friday by Ms Aruna Roy, a Magsaysay award winner, investigates institutions and practices in the power sector to produce a scorecard on governance.
It notes that public participation in the sector is ad hoc and limited whereas consultants play a definitive, but opaque role in shaping power sector policies.
There are no foolproof provisions in rules and procedures in place to prevent conflict of interest among policy-makers, whether they are legislative committee members or bureaucrats.
The report goes on to observe that while regulatory hardware in terms of statutory authority, autonomy and remit is robust, the software, especially processes for selection of regulators, lacks transparency.
Besides, civil society capacity also lacks to take advantage of the participatory spaces provided by independent regulation.
The report has been co-ordinated by the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, with the study conducted by three NGOs active in power sector policies and regulation - Citizen, Consumer and Civic Action Group of Chennai, Centre for Environmental Concerns of Hyderabad, and Praja of New Delhi.
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