{"id":659101,"date":"2026-03-07T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=659101"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:52:02","slug":"punjab-slashes-power-tariffs-state-exchequer-biggest-beneficiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/punjab-slashes-power-tariffs-state-exchequer-biggest-beneficiary\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab slashes power tariffs; state exchequer biggest beneficiary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has reduced electricity tariffs across all consumer categories for the 2026-27 fiscal.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move is expected to benefit the cash-strapped state government more than the common consumer, as it will significantly lower the massive subsidy burden the state pays for free and subsidised power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has reduced electricity tariffs across all consumer categories for the 2026-27 fiscal. However, the move is expected to benefit the cash-strapped state government more than the common consumer, as it will significantly lower the massive subsidy burden the state pays for free and subsidised power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-power-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}