New amnesty scheme for permanently disconnected electricity consumers

ENERGY MINISTER Nitin Raut on Tuesday announced an amnesty scheme for permanently disconnected (PD) consumers of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). There are 32 lakh such consumers in the state.

The Vilasrao Deshmukh Amnesty Scheme, named after the former chief minister, will run till August 31 and will apply to all categories, except agriculture consumers. PD consumers availing the scheme would be given 100 per interest waiver on delayed payment. For paying the arrears in one installment, high tension PD consumers and low tension PD consumers will get an additional rebate of 5 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, he said.