PrashantNews
On his birthday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had made an announcement of 50 percent subsidy for electricity consumers using 100 units in the state. In the snow-bound areas of the state, this subsidy was up to 200 units.
Following this announcement, the UPCL is giving the benefit of subsidy in electricity tariffs to the consumers of the state, including all domestic category electricity consumers of snow-bound areas whose monthly electricity consumption bill is up to 200 units per month and all those domestic category consumers of other areas whose meter load is up to 1 kW and monthly electricity consumption is up to 100 units on the basis of their electricity consumption.
The benefit of this subsidy is being given on the electricity consumption of this section of consumers from Sept 1, 2024 through the billing system of UPCL.
At present, on an average, more than five lakh consumers of this category have received subsidy of more than Rs 15 crore per month on their electricity consumption from September to last November through the billing system of UPCL.
Electricity consumers can avail the facility of subsidy by making their declaration/undertaking available in the concerned section office by March 31, 2025.