21.1.14

Maharashtra slashes power tariff by 20%

The Maharashtra cabinet approved a 20% power tariff cut for Maharashtra except much of Mumbai. The reduction is for all consumers — residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural — supplied by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), including those in Mulund, Kanjurmarg and Bhandup.
It is not applicable in the rest of Mumbai as the remaining areas are supplied by BEST, Tata Power and RInfra. In the residential category, the benefit will be only for those who consume up to 300 units a month. The cuts will be across consumption slabs in the other categories.
The decision comes about three weeks after the AAP cut power rates in Delhi and four days after the Congress did likewise in Haryana. With their eyes on the May general elections and the October assembly elections, politicians from Maharashtra’s ruling Congress were quick to start clamouring for a power tariff cut for the state. A cabinet source said chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has directed the administration to propose a tariff cut for the rest of Mumbai next week.

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