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  • Punjab CM declares 300 devices of unfastened chronic each and every month to home shoppers, however with a rider

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    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday introduced 300 devices of unfastened chronic each and every month to home shoppers from July 1.

    However there’s a rider. CM Mann stated if a family consumes greater than 600 devices in two months it’ll be out of the ambit of the unfastened chronic scheme and must pay the total invoice.

    He went directly to claim that Scheduled Caste households and freedom combatants, who have been previous getting 200 devices of unfastened chronic, may also get 300 devices of unfastened chronic a month. For them on my own, simplest the devices above the free-power prohibit might be chargeable, Mann clarified.

    The CM additionally put to leisure rumours that the unfastened chronic scheme for farmers will finish. He stated subsidised chronic to trade too will proceed.

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    Mann stated Punjab produces chronic but chronic is costly within the state. Evaluating Punjab to Delhi, he stated Delhi purchases chronic from two personal firms and in spite of that 73 in line with cent of the folk in Delhi get unfastened chronic.

    The CM additionally waived off dues of electrical energy expenses as much as 31 December 2021 for families having a load of as much as 2 kilowatts of electrical energy.

    This used to be probably the most first pre-poll guarantees made through Kejriwal on June 29, 2021, when he introduced that if AAP involves chronic in Punjab but even so waiving the pending home invoice bills, the birthday celebration will supply unfastened electrical energy to each and every family.

    Submit the announcement through Mann, Kejriwal stated that the AAP in Punjab has fulfilled its first ballot promise of unfastened electrical energy whilst stressing that his birthday celebration does now not make false guarantees.

    “A decent and patriotic executive with transparent intentions has are available Punjab. We can now not permit loss of finances to come back in the best way of growth,” Kejriwal tweeted.

    AAP MLA and senior birthday celebration chief Aman Arora stated that Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann has taken the largest determination on the subject of chronic in our nation nowadays.

    Until date, no executive within the nation has introduced unfastened electrical energy to the sort of huge segment of the inhabitants. With this determination, 80 in line with cent of households in Punjab gets unfastened electrical energy.

    There are somewhat over 73 lakh family electrical energy customers in Punjab, of whom about 62 lakh will without delay get pleasure from this determination.

    Allaying any apprehension that some sections of society would possibly not get the total advantage of this scheme, Arora stated the rider have been added to make sure there used to be no wastage or misuse of electrical energy. If electrical energy turns into utterly unfastened, then it may be unnecessarily used and wasted, which can create a disaster for the rustic’s power device.

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    He went on so as to add that just a small in line with cent of the inhabitants would possibly not get the total advantage of this scheme because of their use of ACs, coolers and so on. all over the summer time, however even they’ll be lined below this scheme for the rest 8-9 months.

    It’s learnt that out of round 73.80 lakh home shoppers within the state, round 62.25 lakh shoppers want not up to 300 devices monthly.

    The price of giving unfastened chronic to all is estimated at round Rs 1,300 crore monthly. The state executive already offers unfastened chronic to farmers and 200 unfastened devices to the scheduled castes, backward categories and BPL (Under Poverty Line) households. Trade additionally will get chronic at subsided charges.

    The full chronic subsidy is price Rs 12,000 crore in line with yr lately. The state has an impressive debt of Rs 3 lakh crore.

    The facility call for in Punjab has already touched 8,000 MW and within the coming days, it’ll jump to just about 15,000 MW as soon as the planting of paddy starts.

    Rural spaces are already witnessing lengthy chronic cuts. The placement in city spaces is somewhat higher however one- to two-hour-long chronic cuts are a normal function right here.

  • Himachal CM publicizes sops, together with bargain for girls in buses, with a watch on polls

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    CHANDIGARH: With a watch at the meeting elections slated for November this yr, Himachal Pradesh Leader Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday introduced a number of sops together with 125 devices of loose energy to all shoppers, no water fees for other folks residing in rural spaces, and 50 p.c bargain to ladies in bus shuttle, at the instance of the seventy fifth Himachal Day on the state-level serve as held at Chamba.

    Addressing the collection, Jai Ram Thakur introduced that each one shoppers, who use as much as 125 devices of energy, is not going to get expenses from July 1 for as much as 125 devices shall be loose. This would receive advantages 11.5 lakh shoppers and would value the state to the song of Rs 250 crores.  He additionally introduced that households residing in rural spaces don’t need to pay water fees.  Additional, ladies travelling in state-owned Himachal Roadways Shipping Company (HRTC) buses gets 50 p.c bargain.

    Additionally, Thakur additionally introduced Rs 5 crore for expediting paintings on Holiuttarala street and mini secretariat at Chamba Head Quarters to facilitate other folks of the district. He introduced beautification and growth at Chamba the town, but even so taking steps to unravel the site visitors downside of Chamba the town.

    He stated that the state govt is getting wanted make stronger from the Centre in enforcing building tasks. High Minister Narendra Modi has a unique attachment against Himachal Pradesh and beneath his management, the state has were given tasks price hundreds of crores.

    The state govt, he claimed, has fascinated with bringing certain adjustments within the lives of the folks and making sure fast and balanced building of the state. He recalled that the govt in its first actual cupboard assembly decreased the age standards for offering old-age pension from 80 years to 70 years with none source of revenue restrict, which has now additional been decreased to 60 years. As towards the Rs 436 crore spent on social safety pension these days greater than Rs 1,300 crore is being spent.

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    He discussed the “distinctive initiative” of internet hosting Jan Manch for redressal of the grievances of the folks of the state at their doorstep. And up to now, 25 Jan Manch were arranged at 244 puts and out of 54,565 proceedings gained, greater than 90 p.c were resolved.

    He stated that `Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline-1100’ used to be introduced wherein an individual can check in his criticism from any nook to get his problems redressed inside a stipulated time frame. To this point, about 3.55 lakh proceedings were gained on this helpline quantity, out of which 3.41 lakh proceedings were settled, he added.

    Thakur stated that the state govt began the `HIMCARE’ scheme in January 2019 beneath which 5 participants of the beneficiary circle of relatives have been being supplied loose remedy facility as much as Rs 5 lakh consistent with yr. He stated that up to now 5.40 lakh households were registered beneath HIMCARE and a sum of Rs. 218 crore has been spent on cashless remedy of two.40 lakh sufferers. He stated that ‘Mukhya Mantri Sahara Yojana has been began to supply monetary help to the economically weaker sections affected by critical illnesses. Below this scheme, monetary help of Rs 3,000 is equipped to them each and every month and thus far Rs. 60.50 crore has been supplied to about 18,000 beneficiaries beneath this scheme, he added.