Punjab CM Amarinder Singh challenges Kejriwal on free energy to farmers

The Delhi authorities is charging Rs 11.34 per unit from small shopkeepers and different industrial institutions, which is 50 per cent greater than what’s being charged in Punjab, Singh identified.

Evaluating the subsidies of the 2 states, the Chief Minister mentioned the Punjab authorities is paying an annual energy subsidy invoice of Rs 10,458 crore, whereas the Kejriwal authorities is paying Rs 2,820 crore, when the inhabitants of Delhi is 2 crore in contrast with Punjab’s three crore. This interprets into a mean energy subsidy in Punjab of Rs 3,486 per particular person, towards Rs 1,410 for a Delhi resident.

The Punjab authorities’s energy subsidy, Singh mentioned, works out to 2.24 per cent of the state’s complete income receipts, in contrast with 1.03 per cent within the case of Delhi.

The state of affairs, the Chief Minister mentioned , was much more damning when seen within the context of the income generated by the sale of energy to customers.

Throughout 2020-21, the Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) offered 46,713 MW of energy, whereas the distribution firms in Delhi offered 27,436 MW. The entire income earned by the sale of energy was Rs 29,903 crore in Punjab, in contrast with Rs 20,556 crore in Delhi.

Because of this the common value per unit of energy in Punjab involves Rs 6.40, whereas it’s Rs 7.49 in Delhi, Singh identified.