Assam government to provide duty exemption on electricity generated from renewable sources – EQ Mag
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Guwahati : The Assam cabinet on Friday approved subsidies on electricity tariff to provide relief to consumers, a ban on production and use of drinking water bottles made of PET of less than one litre in volume and strict implementation of ban on single-use plastic in the state from October 2 with a three-month transition period provided up to that date.
The power subsidy will be of Rs 1/unit up to a maximum of 45 units for Jeevan Dhara category of consumers and Rs 0.75/unit up to a maximum of 120 units for Domestic-A category of consumers. “This decision will provide tariff respite to economically weaker households on account of revision of retail tariff in APDCL from 1 April 2023,” the brief said.
The cabinet also approved exemption of electricity duty on power generated from renewable sources of energy by a consumer on captive consumption for a period of three years with effect from 1 April 1, 2023 for promoting renewable energy. It decided on free distribution of four 9Watt LED bulbs each to approximately 50 lakh low-end households in Assam at an estimated cost of Rs 1,130 crore.
