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The Modi government is not amused. "It is

disheartening that the UPA government and

power ministry are working to protect their political interests instead of promoting best

practices in the sector. Instead of acknowledging the success of Gujarat's power sector,

Scindia has once again showcased his irresponsible behaviour by snubbing our officials,"

Gujarat's energy minister Saurabh Dalal told ET.

The ratings, which are meant to help lenders evaluate risks but also have the potential to add

to the ammunition of BJP's prime ministerial candidate, will probably be released after the

general elections as Scindia himself will be busy with the campaign, officials who were

involved in the rating exercise said. "We have been directed by power ministry to inform you

that the proposed function for release of Integrated Rating of State Electricity Distribution

Utilities by Minister of State for Power on February 20, 2014 at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi

has been postponed," Power Finance Corp, which was organising the event, said in a

communique to discoms, but was silent about the reasons for cancellation. Scindia and his

office did not respond to ET's queries.

In March last year, when the power ministry launched the ratings power minister Jyotiraditya

Scindia abruptly left the venue without felicitating the officials of Gujarat discoms, as

announced.

During his speech, Scindia also refrained from naming the best utilities. Upset with

development, Dalal crticised Scindia for his behaviour on the floor of state assembly. This

year, in early February, power ministry's joint secretary BN Sharma sent invitations for the

event to 39 state utilities, which were evaluated by rating agencies Care Ratings and ICRA

BSE 0.39 % for the second time.

The event was to include presentations on the best practices adopted by a few utilities,

including one from Gujarat.

Discoms' representatives who were preparing to visit Delhi had to cancel their plans. Gujarat

was sending at least half a dozen discom officials to the event that could have earned

accolades for Modi government.

Rating agencies not only looked at the capabilities of utilities to meet their financial

obligations on time but also evaluated their operational efficiencies based on past three

years' data.

These ratings are used by banks and financial institutions to understand the risks associated

with lending to the utilities and assess their creditworthiness easily.

"The integrated ratings, based on assessment of performance on a range of key

parameters, enable utilities to build on their strengths and work on areas requiring

improvements so as to achieve higher operational efficiency and financial self-

sustainability," read the invitation from power ministry.

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I had high respect for you and sachin from the corrupt Indira congress but u have

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what else can you expect a corrupt and pseudo secular govt like that of UPA ? Agree (5)

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Jyotiraditya Scindia's dilemma is quite evident for not accepting & honouring Gujarat's

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That is the thing. They will tolerate any body other than BJP including Foreigners, even

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misters agree to it that adani contract was bad one ...

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have higest petrolium production than any states ,Gujarat also is having the longest

coastline in the country, As per gujrath gov site www dot dopgujarat dot com and guj-epd

dot com ,If we compare ONLAND crude production then it is almost 50% of crude and

40% of natural gas from the Gujarat State , Its obvious that any petrolium producing

states have shooting up of GDP , even then gujarth GDP is lower than many states

,check wikipedia under indian states GDP , many of this oil fiels where litterely given free

to many companies " check kejriwal exposure of modi in youtube " ... ITS FACTS WITH

MODI'S LETTERS TO CENTER now dont claim its fabricated ....GUJARATH THUS IS

ALSO POWER SURPLESS STATE SO CAN GIVE ENOUGH POWER TO RUN

COMPANIES ...OVER ALL IT OVER-EXPLOITATION OF LAND RESOURCES WHICH

ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TOUCHED , LOOK AT US THEY ARE JUST USING THEIR

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IT DUE TO THIS ,... THIS IS IDOTIC MOVE

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Modi dismantled the power subsidy regime prevalent in other Indian

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For your kind information ,maximum power produced in Gujarat is

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frnds this clearly shows congress ministers dont have any interest in india development

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SHAME SHAME UPA GOVERMENT, you don't have guts to run goverment and those

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Mr Scindia is well educated and I thought he is a dignified person. This behavior of his

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Disappointed that a Harvard educated Union Minister choose to behave and lower the

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Corruption - moral and others have been passed on successfully to

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