Key Points
We have decided that all five guarantees will be implemented in the present financial year, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah...
The Chief Minister said the implementation (of guarantee about 200 units of free electricity) will begin from 1 July.. 200 units of electricity will be free Consumers who havent paid their bills till July will have to pay, said Siddaramaiah...
The Chief Minister said the free electricity scheme will depend on the yearly consumption at the household level and that the monthly average will be calculated, an extra 10 per cent added to it, and one wont have to pay the power bill if the final figure is below 200 units...
Ahead of the polls, the Congress had promised five main guarantees in its poll manifesto 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti); Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi); 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya); Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (Yuva Nidhi) and free travel for women in public transport buses (Uchita Prayana)...
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