300 units of free electricity per month in Punjab
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced to provide 300 units of free electricity per month to every household in Punjab. Implementation from July: If more electricity is used, full bill will have to be paid.
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Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced to provide 300 units of free electricity per month to every household in Punjab. He clarified that there will be no category in it. 600 units of free electricity will be available in two months from poor to rich families. However, the Chief Minister has made it clear that families who consume more than 600 units of electricity in two months will have to pay the entire bill. Punjab has a debt of about Rs 3 lakh crore. Now providing 300 units of free electricity will increase the burden on the exchequer by about Rs 5,000 crore every year.
Punjab is already providing free electricity to the agricultural sector. Also, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and BPL families have already been given exemption up to 200 units. They will now get 300 units of electricity per month for free. For that, he will have to pay the same bill as the electricity. They will not have to pay the entire bill.
The government will not increase commercial and industrial electricity tariffs. Farmers will continue to get free electricity. In addition, the government has waived the entire debt of all houses up to 2 kW by 31 December 2021. Mann made the announcement after handing over appointment letters to 718 employees of the power corporation.
Political spark from free electricity
A few days ago, there was a political controversy in Punjab over the issue of free electricity. The Chief Secretary of Punjab and other senior officials of the power corporation went to Delhi and met Arvind Kejriwal. Opposition parties later accused Kejriwal of acting as super CM. However, you had sent officers for training. We will send it to other states if need be, explained Chief Minister Mann.
The government will recover the debt
Punjab currently has a debt of Rs 3 lakh crore. Where did they go This is being explored. No school, hospital, college or university has been built in the state. Despite this, I know where the debt has gone, the government will recover it all, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has warned.
