UP can give free electricity to farmers: Consumer body chairman
Pointing out that electricity was free for farmers in around six states in the country, the UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad, a power consumers’ body, on Tuesday, suggested a formula for making power free of cost for farmers in UP.
“The government can easily provide free electricity to farmers with a little or no financial burden on the exchequer,” parishad chairman Avadhesh Kumar Verma said, amid various political parties talking of subsidised or free power before the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
He said states including Andhra, Karnataka, Punjab and Telangana are providing free power to their farmers, while in Haryana the electricity is as cheap as 10 paise per unit.
