The Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab has stamped its promise of providing free electricity. Giving information about this in a tweet, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said that today the cabinet has got approval for waiving 600 units of electricity on every bill. In fact, during the Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to provide free electricity in Punjab. The opposition parties had also targeted AAP for not fulfilling it.
At the same time, in a tweet on July 6, CM Bhagwant Mann wrote, “We had given a big guarantee to the people of Punjab that as soon as the government is formed, we will give 300 units of electricity for free. This decision of the government has been approved by the cabinet today. Now 600 units of electricity will be waived on every bill. We will fulfill all the promises made to the people of Punjab. We do what we say.”
We had given a big guarantee to the people of Punjab that as soon as the government is formed, we will give 300 units of electricity free of cost. This decision of the government has been approved by the cabinet today.
Now 600 units of electricity will be waived on every bill.
We will fulfill all the promises made to the people of Punjab.We do what we say.
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) July 6, 2022
It is noteworthy that the people of the state have started getting the benefit of this scheme from the first date of July. Under this, people will get free electricity up to 300 units every month. It is worth noting that in Punjab, a bill is generated every two months. Accordingly, people will be waived 600 units of electricity in every bill.
After the approval of this decision, the government will have an additional burden of Rs 6947 crore under electricity subsidy in the financial year. At the same time, out of about 73 lakh domestic electricity consumers of Punjab, 61 lakh will get its benefit directly. According to the conditions issued under the decision to give 300 units free in Punjab, the general category people will get 600 units of free electricity in two months. On the other hand, if one unit is more than this, then they will have to pay the entire bill.
At the same time, people of SC category will get 600 units of electricity completely free up to one kilowatt load connection. If it exceeds this, they will have to pay for the subsequent units of 600 units. But along with this, if the SC category consumers pay income tax, then they will have to pay the full bill for spending more than 600 units of electricity.