Electricity tariff being charged as per load agreement: Vikar

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5 Dariya News (Anubhav Suri)

Srinagar , 11 Oct 2013

Minister of State for Power, Mr. Vikar Rasool, while replying to a clubbed Calling Attention Notice of Dr. Syed Bashir Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Majid Bhat, said that the there is no district wise or constituency wise disparity adopted in billing of consumers. The electricity tariff is fixed by the Jammu and Kashmir State Electricity Regulatory Commission which is an Autonomous Constitutional Organization established under J&K Electricity Act.The Minister said that the domestic tariff is fixed either on metered or on flat rate basis. Metered consumers are being charged as per the energy utilized by the consumers. He said that flat rate consumers are being charged as per the agreement load. The consumers having agreement load of 0.5 KW are being charged at Rs. 359.90 per month while as consumers having agreement load of 0.75 KW are being charged at Rs. 542.90 per month throughout the State, he added.