Subsidy of more than 38.68 lakh families of the state has received a subsidy of Rs.1645 crores so far under the Chhattisgarh government’s half-power scheme
Raipur, 7 February 2021. Lakhs electricity bill scheme of Chhattisgarh government has brought relief to lakhs of domestic consumers in the state in the era of inflation. Under this scheme launched by the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, 38 lakh 68 thousand 462 electricity consumers have so far been given domestic subsidy of 1645 crores by the Government of Chhattisgarh, or it can be said that people directly 1645 crores has been saved in the pocket of.
Many schemes have been run to provide electricity to the poor families at concessional rates. In March 2019, the new government launched a new scheme for domestic electricity consumers for the first time. In this scheme started in the name of Half Electricity Bill Scheme, the bill up to 400 units of domestic electricity consumers has been exempted in half the amount. On the special initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, the Half Electricity Bill Scheme launched in Chhattisgarh from March 1, 2019, entitles domestic consumers to 50 percent rebate on the effective tariff on electricity consumption up to 400 units per month. The equivalent amount of this exemption is given by the state government as a grant to the power distribution company. An amount of Rs 658 crore has been released by the state government for the scheme as on January 2021 in the year 2020-21. Total 38 lakh 68 thousand 462 consumers benefit of this scheme in the Half Electricity Bill Scheme from March 2019 till now Have taken. From March 2019 till now, the domestic subsidy worth Rs.1645 crore has been given to domestic consumers by the Chhattisgarh government.
The new government, formed in December 2018 under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, sensed the problems of domestic consumers with full sensitivity and following the policy of ‘Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas’, 01 March 2019 for all domestic electricity consumers of the state Implemented the ‘Half Electricity Bill Scheme’ and fulfilled its big promise. The ‘Half Electricity Bill Scheme’ is proving to be an unexpected and enjoyable change plan for millions of domestic electricity consumers in the state. Millions of domestic electricity consumers in the state had never even imagined such a plan. The scheme has provided great relief to the people of this class. The electricity bill of thousands of rupees of their houses was reduced to a few hundreds. Now, the cost incurred for these consumers in cutting their home electricity bills has been halved, now they can use the savings amount in other works.
