CM Bhagwant Mann announces 300 units of free power a month in Punjab from July 1

Vishav Bharti

Chandigarh, April 16

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that every household in Punjab would get 300 units of power free per month.

While making the announcement, the CM said it would be applicable from July 1.

He said if a household consumes more than 600 units in two months it will go out of the ambit of the free power scheme and will have to pay the full bill.

He said the families belonging to Scheduled Caste community and freedom fighters who were earlier getting 200 units of power free will also get 600 units of free power.

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Making a special exemption for them, he said if SCs or freedom fighters’ households consume more power than 600 units in two months, then they will not be charged full bill but just for the additional units.

Rubbishing the rumours of charging farmers for power, he said there is no such plan. He said free power to farmers and subsidised power to industry would continue.

Mann said Punjab produces power and despite that power is expensive in the state. Comparing Punjab with Delhi, he said Delhi purchases power from two private companies and despite that 73 per cent people in Delhi get free power.