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On Wednesday, the federal government announced a relief for electricity consumers using up to 300 units and agricultural tube wells by restoring the advantages of reducing fuel cost fees.
The Federal Minister of Energy Awais Leghari has announced a reduction in the monthly fuel adjustment costs for agricultural tube wells and households consuming up to 300 electricity units.
The advantage of reducing fuel adjustment costs was initially stopped for consumers using up to 300 units in June 2015, according to a spokesperson for the Power division.
For agricultural tube wells, this relief was removed even earlier, in December 2010.
The electricity division sent a letter to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), requesting the reintegration of these adjustments.
By renouncing these costs for low -use consumers and agricultural tube wells, the government aims to facilitate the financial burden of farmers and households with limited electricity consumption, Leghari added.
According to the division, this step will further reduce monthly electricity bills for agricultural tube wells and consumers of 300 units.
Before this development, the electricity division revealed the Federal Government Plan to reduce the prices of RS6-8 electricity per unit in the next two months in order to relieve essential consumers.
Federal Secretary Energy (electricity division), Dr. Muhammad Fakhr-Elam Irfan, told the Sénatorial du Power Committee two days ago that the government worked on the reduction of taxes on electricity bills, but noted that such a decision would require the approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Stressing that the ultimate government’s ultimate objective was to put the circular debt to zero as soon as possible, the officials said that the authorities were also in talks with a working group supervising public electrical power plants to rationalize operations and further reduce costs.
The high cost of electricity has become a controversial political problem, the opposition parties taking advantage of public dissatisfaction to criticize management by the government out of the energy sector and agreements with independent power producers (IPP).
The burden of high electricity prices falls disproportionately on the segments of the company with average and low -income income, fueling public indignation and eroding confidence in the government’s ability to manage the economy.