(ET)
Home minister Amit Shah will head a group of ministers to discuss the proposed National Tariff Policy that is being awaited as a major reform by the stressed power sector but being opposed by state governments and discoms due to clauses like penalties for load shedding.The inter-ministerial group will have 10 ministers, including eight in cabinet rank and two with independent charge, people familiar with the development said.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari, coal and mines minister Pralhad Joshi, women and child development minister Smriti Irani, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, and Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat are part of the GoM, sources said.
