A sum of Rs 153.28 crore has been recovered by cooperative banks and Rs 46.38 by Power Discoms from candidates of fifth Panchayat elections in Haryana with the implementation of eligibility criteria that they should not have an outstanding debt of a cooperative bank or arrears of any electricity bill.
The elections to the panchayat raj institutions are scheduled to be held on January 10, 17 and 24.
Haryana Minister of State for Cooperation, Bikram Singh Yadav on Friday said, “Of the total amount recovered, the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) working under Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank limited has recovered Rs 118.70 crore and District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB) has recovered Rs 11.37 crore.
Similarly, the Haryana State Cooperative Agriculture And Rural Development Bank limited, Panchkula has so far recovered Rs 23.21 crore.”
During the period between the start of election process and the postponement of the Panchayat Elections in September, the Haryana State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank limited, Panchkula had recovered Rs 30.20 crore.
later, with the resumption of the election process after the judgment of the Supreme Court, Rs 23.21 crore have been recovered between December 20 and January 7, 2016, said the Minister.
On the other hand, state Power Discoms (Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) have recovered Rs 46.38 crore as power dues from the candidates towards their rural domestic connections.
Out of these, UHBVN having recovered to the tune of Rs 19.69 crore and the DHBVN recovered Rs 26.69 crore before issuing NDC (No Dues Certificates) to these candidates.
Nitin Yadav, Managing Director, UHBVN said, “A sum of Rs 3.74 crore has been recovered by UHBVN from operation circle Yamuna Nagar, Rs 3.44 crore from operation circle Karnal, Rs 2.81 crore from Kaithal and Rs 2.18 crore from Jhajjar whereas DHBVN has recovered Rs 6.89 crore operation circle Hisar, Rs 4.70 crore from operation circle Jind, Rs 3.74 crore from operation circle Bhiwani and Rs 2.78 crore from operation circle Narnaul respectively.
Yadav said that Haryana Power Discoms are giving due priority in issuing NDCs to the prospective candidates for the forthcoming panchayat elections.
For enuring hassle free services to these election candidates, the Discoms have established 246 special counters/desks at sub divisional level in all its operation circles throughout the state.
The recent amendment of the Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 encouraged the people to pay their outstanding electricity bills on time, he added.