The federal government has decided not to increase the power tariff for electricity users who consume up to 200 units per billing cycle, sources informed ProPakistani.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the economic team’s proposal to raise electricity rates for protected consumers. He directed that there will be no increase in tariffs for consumers using 200 units or less next fiscal year.
Sources said that around 20 million protected consumers will benefit from the subsidy on electricity rates. For the next fiscal year, electricity rates for protected domestic consumers will remain unchanged. However, the tariff for large consumers will see an increase from July 2024 onwards.
Notably, by the end of the current fiscal year, the government will have provided a subsidy of Rs. 160 billion to protected consumers.
free electricity for Govt employees and officers should be revoked as well…
Slab of 200 units should increase to 300 units so that people with low income can at least use air cooler and cold water during summers. Second the 6 months long duration to fall into protected consumers should be changed to 2 or 3 months. Most importantly to disqualify the existing protected consumer from category at least 2 consecutive months should be allowed to have bill more then the slab instead of only 1 and the consumer have to wait another 6 months to fall back into protected consumer.