The government of India is said to be considering the establishment of a dedicated Central Transmission Utility (CTU). Replying to whether the government is contemplating the creation of a separate organization for assigning the responsibility of planning inter-state electricity transmission network; Minister of Power, Mr. Piyush Goyal, stated, “Government has contemplated the creation of a separate entity as a dedicated company having operational and financial autonomy which will discharge the statutory functions of the CTU along with other functions which among other things includes Power System Planning.”