The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday questioned Punjab and Haryana governments on free or subsidized power given to rich farmers.
Hearing two public interest petitions, Chief Justice Krishna Murari asked: “Why free or subsidized power be given on agricultural pump sets to rich farmers?”
Petitioner Hari Chand Arora was seeking directions to both state governments for exclusion of rich and affluent farmers from the scheme for providing total power subsidy for agricultural pump sets.
Chief Justice Murari was apparently not convinced with the argument that rich consumers were being asked to voluntarily give up the subsidy.
