With the onset of winter, the number of ‘zero bills’ for domestic power consumers has started to move skywards. As a result, while domestic consumers are benefiting from this, the state’s burden of subsidy will increase.
According to details, 97.17 per cent of domestic consumers have received electricity subsidy (zero bills and power at subsidised rates) in October, while only 2.83 lakh consumers have had to pay the full cost of electricity consumer.
