Consumers across Uttar Pradesh will now have to pay an additional 10 per cent over their regular electricity charges. The increase applies uniformly to domestic, commercial, industrial and other categories of power users.
Heated exchange between the ruling and Opposition members on the issue of milk and environment cess imposed on electricity bills was witnessed in the State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
The AAP further alleged that wherever BJP is in power, those states provide the most expensive electricity in the country.
The protestors burned the electricity bills demanding the resignation of the Delhi government.
To achieve this, he urged the power department to establish a robust mechanism. CM Yogi also stressed the importance of installing smart metres across the state, highlighting that the public should be prepared for this transition as smart metres are essential for modern needs.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced in the assembly that his government will not hike electricity rates and will give a subsidy of Rs 13,114 crores.
Bains said AAP and its government must come clean on allegations that they were splurging astronomical amounts of people's money on planting reports in the conventional and social media to promote its cause by creating a smokescreen of lies to mislead the people .
“I write this letter to re-lodge my protest against the Union Government's fresh move to place the much-criticised Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, in Parliament. It was proposed to be moved last year, but many of us had underlined the anti-people aspects of the draft legislation..."
