Jaipur, June 4. Chief Minister Mr Ashok Gehlot said over 1.25 crore farmers and domestic electricity
consumers have been benefitted by various schemes under which subsidies of Rs
1044 crore have been given by the State Government. Electricity bills of about
43 lakh consumers have now become zero. Power supply in the state has become
smooth due to proactive and efficient management of the State Government.
Mr Gehlot was addressing the review meeting of the Energy Department at the Chief Minister's residence on Saturday. He said that the power supply remained normal despite scorching heat in the state. Now sufficient power is available in the State for supply according to demand for June and July.
The Chief Minister said
that under the Mukhyamantri Kisan Mitra Yojana, which was run to provide
financial relief to farmers, subsidy of Rs 291.54 crore has been given to over 12.66
lakh farmers on agricultural electricity connections. To give relief in
electricity bills to more than 1.15 crore domestic consumers of the state, subsidy
of Rs 752.58 crore has been given under the Chief Minister's Household
Electricity Grant Scheme. Due to this, the electricity bills of about 36 lakh
domestic consumers and 7 lakh farmers has become zero.
Expressing concern over the problems being faced in coal supply, Shri Gehlot said that the State Government is making every effort to resolve it at the earliest by talking to the Centre.
The Chief Minister said
that at present the work of irrigation of crops is going on in many districts
of the state. Keeping in view the need of irrigation, adequate supply of
electricity should be ensured to the farmers so that the crops get enough
water.
Mr Gehlot said that by 2024, 4.88 lakh farmers in the state would be given new agricultural electricity connections in a phased manner. He directed to release the pending agricultural electricity connection applications in the state at the earliest to provide relief to the farmers.
Minister of State for Power Mr Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Chief Secretary Smt. Usha Sharma, Principal Secretary
Finance Mr Akhil Arora, Principal Secretary Energy Mr Bhaskar A Sawant,
RVPNL CMD Mr T Ravikant, RVUNL CMD Mr R K Sharma, Adviser to the Energy
Department, MrA K Gupta and other senior officials of the Energy Department
were present.
