Private power projects delayed by govt policy

  • 18/10/1999

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

Investors scrambled to be in at the carve-up of a potentially massive market when India liberalised its power sector eight years ago. Today, only three of eight so called "fast track" power projects have been commissioned , and most private proposals have been stymied by a lack funds or got bogged down in securing environmental and legal approvals.