L-G orders probe in AAP’s free power scheme

Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) VK Saxena has directed Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to conduct an enquiry into the alleged non-implementation of power subsidy payment to consumers through direct benefit transfer (DBT) as was ordered by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in 2018.

Kumar has been asked to submit a report within a week. Saxena’s action followed a complaint filed at the L-G Secretariat which raised issues of alleged “impropriety and discrepancies” in the power subsidy scheme of the Kejriwal Government, sources at the L-G office said.