Agreement to install smart meters signed
The Hindu
PUDUCHERRY
The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with PFC Consulting Limited, a Central government institute, to install 4.07 lakh smart electric meters in the Union Territory.
The installation of pre-paid meters would cost around ₹251.10 crore. The project would be taken up under Centre’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. The agreement was signed in the presence of Home Minister A. Namassivayam at the Legislative Assembly, an official release here said.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.