The Rajasthan government has implemented a special scheme to provide relief to the electricity consumers and farmers of the state. The electricity bill of lakhs of consumers has been reduced to zero through ‘Mukhyamantri Kisan Mitra Urja Yojana’. Along with this, a grant of Rs 1,000 is being given every month to the general category rural block hour supply agricultural consumers of the state.
According to the announcement of the Chief Minister of the state, in the budget of 2022, 118 lakh domestic electricity consumers will be given subsidies in electricity rates. According to this, a grant amount of Rs 310 crore has been released to about 40 lakh domestic consumers in April and May 2022.
Under the scheme, zero amount bills will be issued to consumers using 50 units per month from April 1. Through this, 13.42 lakh domestic consumers of the state will be benefited. For this, an additional grant amount of about Rs 79 crore has been released by the government. Due to this, the consumers will not have to pay the electricity bill.
Source: Kisan samadhan
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