Mukhya Mantri Ration Aapke Dwar scheme approved

Mukhya Mantri Ration Aapke Dwar scheme approved
October 19
A virtual meeting of the Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Cabinet has decided to give subsidy of over Rs 20 thousand crore in electricity rates to domestic and agricultural consumers for the financial year 2021-22. In the scheme implemented for domestic consumers, a maximum bill of Rs 100 up to the first 100 units on monthly consumption of up to 150 units, and for the BPL domestic consumers of SC and ST, the provision of charging Rs.100 in 4 months at the rate of only Rs.25 per month from domestic consumers, whose monthly consumption is 30 units, has been continued this year as well. A subsidy of Rs.4981 crore 69 lakh has been approved under the Griha Jyoti Yojana.

The Cabinet has also decided to provide relief in electricity rates to the agricultural consumer category. In this, a flat rate of Rs 750 per horsepower per year will be payable to the consumers of meterless permanent agricultural pump of capacity up to 10 horsepower. The remaining amount will be payable by the state government as subsidy. For this, a subsidy of Rs 9876 crore will be provided by the state government to the distribution companies. About 21 lakh 75 thousand agricultural pump consumers of the state will be benefited by this decision. A flat rate of Rs 1500 per horsepower per year will be payable by the consumer of a meterless permanent agricultural pump with a capacity of more than 10 horsepower. The remaining amount will be payable by the state government to the distribution companies as subsidy. For this a subsidy of Rs 644 crore will be provided which will benefit about 50 thousand agricultural pump consumers of the state. Energy charges, fuel charges and fixed charges will be waived on permanent and temporary metered agricultural pump combinations. The rebate amount is paid by the state government to the companies in the form of subsidy. For this an amount of Rs 350 crore will be payable and about 2 lakh temporary and 20 thousand meter permanent agricultural pump consumers will be benefitted. Free electricity will be provided to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe agricultural consumers of up to 5 horsepower having land up to one hectare. The entire amount of the bill will be payable by the state government as subsidy. About 9 lakh 25 thousand agricultural pump consumers will be benefited by this. For this, an amount of Rs 4733 crore will be given by the state government as subsidy to the distribution companies.

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