1) Mr. Ajoy Mehta presented on the challenges facing power distribution in Maharashtra. Key challenges included sourcing sufficient power supply, managing load shedding, connecting new consumers, improving network reliability, and billing. 2) To address these challenges, efforts have been made to increase power supply, implement targeted load shedding, streamline new connections, invest in infrastructure, install smart meters, and establish call centers. These efforts have led to reductions in deficits, load shedding hours, and transformer failure rates. 3) Moving forward, regulators will take a stricter approach by enforcing standards of performance, while the utility will focus on new technologies like ERP and automatic metering to further improve operations and services