As part of public administration, the government has received applications from those who are eligible for five guarantees from December 26 to January 6. Based on these, the government has decided to give free electricity up to 200 units to the applicants.
Free Electricity: Congress party gave six guarantees to the people during Telangana assembly elections. It has promised to implement these within 100 days of coming to power. These six guarantees were crucial in the victory of the Congress. Congress government was formed. Already implementing two guarantees. Arogyasree limit has been increased from Rs.5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh. RTC provides free travel for women. The state government is working to implement two more guarantees from March. One is a gas cylinder for Rs.500 and the second is 200 units of free electricity.
Tenants are worried about free electricity.
As part of public administration, the government has received applications from those who are eligible for five guarantees from December 26 to January 6. Based on these, the government has decided to give free electricity up to 200 units to the applicants. CM Revanth Reddy ordered the officials of the power department to identify the eligible persons. Based on the applications, the electricity authorities have started the survey.
For those who have ration card..
The government has decided to give 200 units of free electricity to those who have a ration card. Those who do not have a ration card will be given new cards after they are issued, it said. With this, a survey is being conducted to identify those who currently have a ration card and consume less than 200 electricity. Only those with no past dues pending and no disputes are recognized as beneficiaries.
Concern among renters..
The government has not made any announcement regarding the tenants. Most of them live in rented houses in the cities. Most of them have white ration cards. In this background, there is a campaign that the owners are identified as the beneficiaries and not the tenants. The tenants are worried that they will not get any benefits. In this order, the problem went to the attention of the government.
Electricity officials who responded..
The electricity authorities have responded to the concerns of the tenants. TS SPDCL officials advised not to believe false news. Renters are also eligible for this scheme. It said that the beneficiaries will be identified during the survey itself. It has been revealed that the beneficiaries will be selected based on the details of those who are currently staying in the house with electricity connection. With this, the renters also got a chance to get 200 units of free electricity.
