The State Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Saral Bijli Bill Scheme and Chief Minister’s Bill Surcharge Waiver Scheme for the registered labourers of Mukhya Mantri Jan-Kalyan (Sambal) Scheme-2018.
Registered labourers will be eligible under the Mukhya Mantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana-2018 in the Saral Bijli Bill Scheme. Eligible families will get the facility of free connection (free of charge) for connectionless charges. Monthly bills will be payable by the eligible consumer will be of Rs 200 per month.
Consumers will have to pay actual dues if the bill is of less than Rs 200. If the actual bill is more than Rs 200, the amount of difference will be given by the government in the form of subsidy. The estimated subsidy amount supplied by the government will be Rs 1000. This will benefit 88 lakh beneficiaries. This scheme will be applicable from July 1, 2018. Under this scheme, facility of using bulb, fan and TV in houses in rural and urban areas will be provided.
Electricity Surcharge Bill of Rs 5179 crore of poor persons and labourers registered under Mukhya Mantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana 2018 by the Madhya Pradesh government in Chief Minister’s Bill Surcharge Waiver Scheme 2018 will be waived. Registered labourers and BPl consumers will be eligible in the Mukhya Mantri Jan-Kalyan (Sambal) Scheme- 2018.
In this scheme, in the case of June 30, 2018, there will be total remission of the original outstanding and surcharge amount.
50 percent of the total amount of surcharge and the original arrears will be borne by the distribution companies.
The remaining 50 percent of the original arrears will be given in subsidy form by the state government to the distribution companies.
This scheme will be applicable from July 1, 2018 (Bill August 2018). The estimated subsidy in this scheme is Rs 1806 crore and 77 lakh beneficiaries will be benefitted from it. Camps will be organized from July 2018 for registration of beneficiaries and provision of benefits. Apart from this, the work of meterization / meter replacements and pre-paid meters will be completed by March 2020.
The Department of Energy will be authorized to make partial amendments as required in both schemes.