770 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(ii) the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Board, and
(iii) the Central Electric Power Control Board ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (i) The Central Electricity Board is the authority set up under section 36-A of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, for making rules under Section 37 of that Act.
(ii) The Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Ltd., is a private company and acts as a Central Organisation in Delhi Province for the generation or purchase in bulk of electric energy and for its distribution to bulk consumers, i.e. those who undertake to consume or to pay for not less than 5,00,000 units per annum.
(iii) The functions of the Central Electric Power Control Board are :
(a) to advise the Government of India regarding any measure of control to be applied to the supply of electricity by any public electricity supply undertaking;
(b) to administer such control, as may have been approved by the Government of India in the case of any public electric supply undertaking and, in particular, to issue permits for new supplies of electricity or for restriction of existing supplies in accordance with the general principles laid down by the Government of India;
(c) to collect such information from public electricity supply undertakings as it considers necessary in order to be in a position to advise Government regarding the necessities of control and as to the areas in which surplus electric power is likely to be available; and
(d) to collect such information as may be required to assist in co-ordinating the development and utilization of electric power on the best lines in furtherance of the general interests of the war effort and industrial development of India.
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*** Electricity Charges paid by Consumers in** Shahdara, Delhi
- Mr. Muhammad Azhar Ali: Will the Honourable Member for Labour please state :
(a) if it is a fact that (i) the Central Electricity Board,
(ii) the Delhi Central Electric Power Authority Board, and
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1944, 30th March 1944, pp. 1757-58.