Siddaramaiah On Power Tariff Hike: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday (June 23) dismissed allegations that the hike in energy tariffs had something to do with the ‘Griha Jyoti’ scheme. Underneath this scheme of the state authorities, as much as 200 items of free electrical energy has been supplied each month to the houses of Karnataka. To take benefit of this scheme, registrations began on June 18.
In keeping with information company PTI, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that it’s a false impression that the burden of Griha Jyoti Yojana has been placed on others. “It’s improper to suppose that the burden of the Griha Jyoti scheme has been handed on to others,” he advised a delegation of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Trade (FKCCI).
FKCCI delegation met the CM
The delegation led by FKCCI President B V Gopal Reddy met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his dwelling workplace ‘Krishna’ in Bengaluru. The delegation apprised the Chief Minister concerning the difficulties being confronted by the merchants and industries because of the exorbitant hike in electrical energy tariffs. The CM assured that he would look into the calls for of the FKCCI.
CM Siddaramaiah defined the explanation for the rise in electrical energy charges
The Chief Minister said that the rise in electrical energy charges was not achieved by his authorities, however by the Karnataka Electrical energy Regulatory Fee. He said that the choice on tariff hike was taken by KERC even earlier than his social gathering got here to energy.
FKCCI members made this attraction
The Chief Minister assured the delegation that an applicable choice can be taken after holding separate conferences with the Finance and Vitality Departments, Karnataka Scale Industries Affiliation and FKCCI. The members of FKCCI have appealed to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to scale back the rise in energy tariff from 9 p.c to 3 p.c for small and medium industries.
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