State Energy Minister Shri AK Sharma said that the State Government is determined to provide adequate and uninterrupted power supply to all the electricity consumers. For this, all the consumers should pay their bills on time. Due to non-payment of bills regularly, the outstanding amount of the consumers increases, due to which they are unable to pay. In order to give relief to such consumers, the Energy Department has decided to delay the distribution of all electric load of domestic (LMV-1) and private tube wells (LMV-5) and commercial (MMV-2) categories of consumers of 05 kW electric load in urban and rural areas. One-time settlement scheme (OTS) with 100% waiver of surcharge (interest)/surcharge was implemented on June 01, 2022. This scheme will be applicable till June 30, 2022. Under the scheme, now 17 days are left for the consumers to take advantage of the rebate on their dues. The Energy Minister said that till yesterday 7.51 lakh people took advantage of this one-time settlement scheme for the defaulting consumers of electricity and as the first installment. 446 crore deposited in Due to this, they have got relief of Rs 113 crore from their interest exemption. He said that there are about 2.75 crore defaulting consumers, who can pay their outstanding bills by taking advantage of this scheme. Due to this, the department will also get the outstanding revenue of Rs.35 thousand crore. Shri AK Sharma said that this scheme was implemented in the state on June 01, 2022, which will be applicable for the consumers till June 30, 2022. Under this, facility has been provided to the defaulting consumers to deposit their dues in monthly installments along with the bills of the coming months. Under this, consumers with arrears amounting to more than one lakh rupees will get the facility to deposit the amount in maximum 12 installments while for those who have outstanding amount up to 01 lakh rupees, in six installments. He said that the disconnected connection of the consumers would also be reconnected as soon as the first installment was paid by joining this scheme. Will have to contact friend. Apart from this, benefits can also be availed by visiting the website of Power Corporation itself, through online medium. The detailed information of the scheme can also be obtained from Power Corporation’s toll free number 1912. The Energy Minister said that this is a unique scheme for the defaulting consumers. Appealing that consumers can pay their dues on time by taking advantage of the scheme. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading