Punjab Cabinet approves 600 units of free electricity policy

Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave final approval to the policy governing the decision to provide 600 units of free power to every household per billing cycle in the state with effect from July 1.

The spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s Office said that all domestic consumers in the state will be eligible to get zero bills if their consumption is up to 600 units in every billing cycle. This will give a big reprieve to the domestic consumers who have to shell out huge money every month in form of power tariff.

As per the decision Scheduled caste (SC), Non SC BPL and Backward Class (BC) domestic consumers who are currently eligible for free 400 units (per billing cycle) of power will also get subsidy of 600 units now.