India Power Sector Reforms Updates is published by Indian NGO Prayas and hosted by Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), which monitors privatisation of public services worldwide. Updates is a joint initiative of Prayas, which has been working on power sector issues for a decade and Public Services International (PSI), which is an international trade union federation uniting public sector workers in more than 500 trade unions in over 140 countries. 

India Power Sector Reforms Update No. 1: October 2001

India Power Sector Reforms Update No. 2: January 2002

India Power Sector Reforms Update No. 3: May 2002

India Power Sector Reforms Update 4: September 2002

India Power Sector Reforms Update 5: March 2003

India Power Sector Reforms Update 6: September 2003

India Power Sector Reforms Update 7: Jan 2004

India Power Sector Reforms Update 8: May 2004

Since the 1990s, several countries have embarked on fundamental restructuring of the power sector. This restructuring typically involves moving from integrated, monopoly utility structure to competitive industry structure and shift from government / public owned utilities to private utilities. Several groups such as NGOs, Environmental Groups and utility workers' unions have pointed out severe and fundamental flaws and dangers in these restructuring efforts.

These newsletters aim  to monitor the developments in the Indian power sector and communicate the same to wider audience of civil society groups and utility workers' unions around the world. This is a joint initiative of  Prayas,  Pune, an India based NGO which has been working on power sector issues for a decade and Public Services International (PSI) which is an international trade union federation, uniting public sector workers in more than 500 trade unions in over 140 countries.  It is supported and hosted by PSIRU at University of Greenwich, UK, a research unit which monitors privatisation and public services restructuring worldwide.

The newsletters concentrate on developments in three Indian states of Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, as shown in the following map. These updates will be published every quarter. Please send suggestions and comments to Prayas at prayas@vsnl.com ; PSI South Asia  at  psisouthasia@vsnl.com ; or PSIRU at psiru@psiru.org