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A day ahead of appearance of Delhi's budget by combination Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in assembly, the city unit of BJP on Thursday urged him to give power financial support to customers
Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay urged Jaitley to grant Rs 800 crore as power funding saying people are loaded with very heavy power bills.
Sources in Delhi government said the power subsidy may be announced in the budget for those whose monthly expenditure does not surpass 400 units.
"BJP stands dedicated to reducing the power tax by 30 percent as and when it comes to power but we cannot leave the people of Delhi in difficulty today. Hence, we have demanded instant release in the form of subsidy," Upadhyay said.
A day ahead of appearance of Delhi's budget by combination Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in assembly, the city unit of BJP on Thursday urged him to give power financial support to customers
Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay urged Jaitley to grant Rs 800 crore as power funding saying people are loaded with very heavy power bills.
Sources in Delhi government said the power subsidy may be announced in the budget for those whose monthly expenditure does not surpass 400 units.
"BJP stands dedicated to reducing the power tax by 30 percent as and when it comes to power but we cannot leave the people of Delhi in difficulty today. Hence, we have demanded instant release in the form of subsidy," Upadhyay said.
The Sheila Dikshit government had provided subsidy of Rs 1 per unit for expenditure between 0-200 units and 200-400 units for quite a few years.
Keeping a pre-poll promise, AAP government had provided 50 per cent subsidy on power utilization of up to 400 units after coming to power. The subsidy scheme failed on March 31.
Updhyay criticized AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for not making supplies for long-term subsidy to customers.
"The then Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal could have ensured a long-term relief for Delhi power consumers," he said.
AAP has also demanded that the central government decrease the electricity and water tariffs.
In the union budget, Jaitley had owed Rs 700 crore to Delhi to help overcome the trouble of power broadcast and water allotment system.
Jaitley had planned Rs 500 crore for reform in the water sector while Rs 200 crore has been set aside for reform in the power sector.
Separately, Delhi government was billed Rs 349 crore as central support for 2014-15, which is a reduce of Rs 682 crore compared to last year's provision of Rs 1,031 crore.
Delhi was agreed a budgetary outlay of Rs 32,732 crore for 2014-15 in the interim budget accessible by the UPA government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.