HPL Electric and Power Limited has established a new R&D center, in a push to make India Atmanirbhar in smart meter technology.
The new R&D center for smart meters aims to incorporate the recent advancements in smart technologies and materials for the development of new generations of smart metering products. In the union budget of 2020, the government had urged all the states and UTs to replace the conventional electricity meters into prepaid smart meters and plans to install 25 million smart meters in the country within next three years.