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The  will have to make an additional provision of Rs 7,700 crore to provide free electricity to 1.21 crore connections, the source said. The state government has been bearing a whopping Rs 8,400 crore <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/agriculture\">Agriculture<\/a>-notes-for-state-psc-exams&#8221;>Agriculture<\/a> power subsidy to farmers every year, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internal report prepared by the government to counter the announcement made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to provide 300 units of free electricity, has pegged the financial burden at Rs 7,700 crore per year for the perk. 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