Notification of free electricity issued in Punjab, bill will be zero on 600 units
Powercom has issued a notification to provide free electricity to all the consumers of the domestic category. In this, domestic category consumers are exempted from paying any duty, meter rental or taxes, who consume up to 600 units in two months. In order to avail the benefit of free electricity, some of the pre-determined beneficiaries will now have to submit a self-declaration form, in which they will have to give income tax related details apart from their sources of income. However, it has been mandatory to give income tax information from 2020 for the 200 units of free electricity scheme applicable for SC-BC and BPL category of the state. An official of Powercom said in this regard that the beneficiary consumers of this scheme will not only have to pay electricity bill up to 600 units, but also any energy charge, fixed charge, meter rent and government levy / tax on it. . In this way the bill of the beneficiary consumers will come to zero.
According to the notification issued by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), SC, OBC, BPL families and freedom fighter category consumers to submit a self-declaration form to get 600 units of free electricity in two months Will happen. The benefit of the scheme will be applicable from July 1. According to the scheme, if a consumer consumes more than 600 units of electricity in two months, he will have to pay the entire bill. However, consumers belonging to Scheduled Castes, Backward Castes, Below Poverty Line and Freedom Fighter category consumers will have to pay a bill above this for consumption of more than 600 units in two months.
Beneficiaries will have to pay the bill from the fixed unit like this
Beneficiaries who spend more than 600 units will have to pay the bill for the remaining units, if the electricity consumption of a consumer for two months is 750 units, then he will be reduced from 750 to 600 units as per the applicable tariff rates for 150 units. The bill has to be paid with all charges. Similarly, if the electricity consumption of all other domestic consumers is more than the free units, then they will have to pay the entire bill.
They do not have the benefit of free electricity scheme
Under the Schedule of Tariff of Domestic Supply, all other consumers, including government hospitals, government dispensaries, all places of worship, government sports institutions, military rest houses, government and government aided educational institutions and attached hostels, will not get the benefit of free electricity scheme. The government has decided to provide free electricity only to domestic consumers who will use electricity for residential use only.
80 percent families deprived of free electricity scheme: SAD
After the release of the notification of free electricity, the SAD has taken a jibe at the government. The party said that it is clear from the prescribed conditions of the state government that more than 80 percent people will be deprived of this so-called scheme. Akali Dal spokesperson Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that it is very unfortunate that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had claimed that more than 51 lakh families would get the benefit of this scheme, but the notification issued by PSPCL has proved that All the claims made by the Chief Minister were hollow and had no basic reality. Although the small and middle class section of the society can get the benefit of this scheme, the reality is that a large number of family members are either government employees, pensioners, doctors, engineers, chartered accountants or in other professions, that is why they You will not get the benefit of this scheme. Dr. Cheema said that another drawback is that if more than 300 units are consumed per month then the consumer will be billed accordingly, as the notification states that the unit per month is different and for two months 600 units means that the consumption should not exceed 300 units per month. Punjabis have been cheated a lot by Mann Sarkar.
