Srinagar, July 3 -- The agenda note of the 79th meeting of Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC) lays bare that the primary reasons for power shortage in J&K were limited procurement of power from market and trading restrictions on J&K in power exchange due to non-payments. "The reason for shortage in most of the occasions is either due to limited procurement of power from market which may be due to high power demand in the market or barring of J&K from trading in exchange due to payment issues (sic)," reads the document.

The document states that J&K has experienced power shortages in the past year. "It is to be noted that in the past year, there have been power shortages reported in J&K when the states from the rest of the country ar...