Why PSPCL is ‘powerless’: outstanding dues of govt depts quadrupled in 5 years
The outstanding bills of Punjab government offices towards state power utility – Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) – have increased more than four times from Rs 524.78 crore (6,204 offices) in March 2016 under the SAD-BJP regime to Rs 2,183.49 crore (11,855 offices) in 2019-20 under the Congress dispensation.
A performance audit of the corporation has revealed that the share of government offices to the total defaulting amount has increased from 48.43 per cent to 53.11 per cent.
PSPCL failed to recover dues from even its own employees. The number of employees who defaulted on bill payment nearly doubled from 632 in 2015-16 to 1,240 in 2019-20.
