Minister of state for energyBhanwar Singh Bhatiinformed the assembly that the is bearing the fuel charges for agricultural consumers while fuel charges
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He said that this charge is being taken from 2013 in compliance with the tariff regulation issued by theRajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission. There is a provision to recover the difference between the fixed rate of power purchase and the actual price due to cost escalation as fuel surcharge from the consumers.
Bhati in response to a question said that from 2019 to December 2022, Rs 3,749 crore has been collected as fuel charges from electricity consumers other than Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture.