More than 14.64 lakh households in the national Capital paid a zero charge for the electricity bills issued in September, which was the first month of the Delhi government’s free-electricity scheme, senior officials of the power department said on Thursday.
In August, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had announced free electricity, of up to 200 units, for domestic consumers and later, extended the scheme to tenants residing in the national Capital. On Thursday, data provided by the power department suggested that as many as 28% of the total 52.27 lakh domestic consumers in the city paid Rs 0 towards their electricity bills, for consuming power in the month of September.
Of the three private power distribution companies in Delhi, the maximum number of beneficiaries were from localities in south and west Delhi. Power to these areas is supplied by the BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL).
