AIPEF to observe anti-privatisation day

New Delhi: The All India Power Engineers' Federation on Monday said it will observe August 9 as anti-privatisation day in protest against the government's "privatisation drive". The decision was taken in a meeting of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) in the national capital last week. The meeting was presided over by All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) Secretary General P Rathnakar Rao, the association said in a statement. "AIPEF will observe anti-privatisation day on August 9 in all state capitals and Union Territories across the country with a slogan to withdraw all privatisation attempts (by the government), including the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022," it said.