Govt cuts Rs1.50 per unit subsidy on electricity

ISLAMABAD: The federal has hamper grant on electricity by the typical of Rs1.50 per unit.

According to the sources at the Ministry of Water and Power, so as to chop the grant Associate in Nursing Electricity effort Surcharge of Rs1.50 per unit has been obligatory.

With this development, the electricity shoppers with the exception of these of K-Electric are bereft of Rs27 billion annual grant.

But, this might not essentially have an effect on the shoppers, because the National electrical power regulatory agency (NEPRA) had planned to cut back electricity tariff Rs1.50 however the Ministry of Water and Power blocked the availability of relief by imposing a replacement surcharge.

The Electricity effort Surcharge has been created applicable with impact from Gregorian calendar month one and it'll stay obligatory until Gregorian calendar month thirty one, 2015. in line with the spokesperson of the ministry, the notification to the current impact has been issued.

The spokesperson, however, aforesaid that the facility shoppers can need to face no impact because the NEPRA’s planned reduction in power tariff of Rs1.50 per unit and therefore the same quantity of Electricity effort Surcharge can do away with one another.