Energy Secretary N. Srikant has said providing free power supply to agriculture for nine hours during day time and reducing the burgeoning cost of power purchases are the top priorities of his department.
Unfurling the national flag on the occasion of the 73rd Republic Day at Vidyut Soudha here on Wednesday, Mr. Srikant said, out of the approved total power purchase cost of ₹.31,346 crore last year, the DISCOMs had saved ₹4,925 crore by substituting the costly thermal power with power bought from the markets at relatively lesser rates.
