Punjabs about 90 per cent households are getting zero power bills which is expected to increase in January this year, said the state Power Minister Harbhajan Singh.<\/p>\n
He said that the earlier governments used to betray people with fake promises to garner votes but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Government has fulfilled the promise of zero electricity bill in the very first year of their tenure.<\/p>\n
Free 600 units of electricity bimonthly or 300 units of electricity monthly has been granted for all domestic consumers, with annual subsidy benefit of Rs 5,629 crore along with continuation of subsidy of Rs three per unit up to seven KW for domestic consumers with annual benefit of Rs 1,278 crore, he said.<\/p>\n
The Minister said that besides providing free power to all residential units, all pending bills up to December 31, 2021, were also waived off; and all such disconnected connections have been restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"