: Reiterating that Haryana government is against the ‘concept of free electricity’ as this ‘neither benefits the consumers nor the government’, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said 1 lakh solar pumps will be installed to reduce the power subsidy bill of the agriculture sector.
Addressing chairpersons and members of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions of different states in a meeting organised by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, the chief minister said though some states have pursued the policy of free power to consumers, Haryana has rejected this concept as ‘free electricity is no electricity’.
Khattar said the concept of free electricity ‘neither benefits the consumers nor the government’ and that people of Haryana have also understood this and are fully supporting the government.
