The Chhattisgarh Power Distribution Company on Friday said low power consumers’ electricity bill payment scheduled from March 19 to April 14, will be extended to April 30 without any surcharge.
The rebate will also be extended to the consumers paying their electricity bills online, an official release said.
As part of the continuous efforts contain the spread of coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown in the state, due to which all electricity bill cash collection centres have been shut do and the number of online payment of bill has increased, the release said.
The discom is not charging any additional amount from the consumers paying through different modes like Mor Bijili App, credit cards, debit cards, internet banking, Paytm (except Paytm wallet) and other payment platforms, it said.
The discom will bear the cost of online transaction charge and the GST, the release said.
Refuting the reports about the consumer bearing the transaction and GST charges, the company in the statement said it is just a rumour and only payments through the Paytm wallet, the transaction charge is being deducted.
In another statement, the discom said that the ‘half-rate scheme’ benefit will be given for two months as there is no electricity billing due to lack of manual metre reading.
At present, the scheme is for 400 units per month, which means for two months, it will be 800 units rebate.
The average bill will be also adjusted based on actual consumption.
