Fulfilling its promise made in the run-up to the Assembly poll, the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government on Saturday announced 300 units of free electricity from July 1.
Giving details, Mann said if a household consumed more than 600 units in two months, it would have to pay the full bill. He said the SC, OBC and BPL families and freedom fighters, who were earlier getting 200 units free, would also get 600 units. But if such households consumed more than 600 units in two months, they would only be charged for the additional units, he said.
The CM said tariff for industrial and commercial consumers would not be hiked and free power to the agriculture sector would continue. “The decision will benefit around 80 per cent of the families.
