Delhi govt. orders CAG audit of 3 discoms over ₹38,500 crore in deferred costs

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The Delhi government has ordered a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of three electricity distribution companies to probe ₹38,500 crore in deferred costs. The power minister emphasized the victory for taxpayers amid controversy involving the Aam Aadmi Party's alleged protection of the system.

Probe will determine what led to the accumulation of such a huge sum in regulatory assets that need to be recovered from consumers: Power Minister; he hails ‘victory of taxpayers’, hits out at AAP for ‘protecting the system instead of examining it’