Aurangabad : Now only 47 days are left to take 50 percent concession in MSEDCL’s Agro-Electricity Policy, pay the electricity bill of agricultural pumps today and pay tomorrow. Do it. Considering this, the period of 50 percent discount for those who neglect to pay the electricity bill of agricultural pumps is expiring on March 31, and from April only 30 percent discount will be available in the bill. Bhujang Khandare, Chief Engineer, Aurangabad circle of MSEDCL has appealed to the farmers to join the scheme without waiting for the deadline and get relief from the hassle of power supply disruption by availing 50 per cent rebate by paying their outstanding and current bills. Get it
Chief Engineer Bhujang Khandare has claimed to have received a strong response regarding the recovery of agriculture pump electricity bill in Aurangabad zone. The work of repairing electricity is going on in the villages by Mahavitaran by keeping this criteria in front of the village where recovery works in the same village. Due to which many villages are coming forward for recovery. To take agricultural electricity policy, farmers are being warned to pay the dues of electricity bills for agricultural projects by holding conferences on farm dams, small edges of the village to reach the farmers. Electricity problems of the village are being solved in one village one day campaign. Despite this, a year has passed in this mentality of those who pay the electricity bills of agricultural pumps, thinking that they will pay the bills today and not tomorrow. Now only 47 days are left to take advantage of 50 percent waiver scheme.
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In the Aurangabad circle, before the policy, the arrears of agriculture was Rs 4,462 crore. Due to change in the amount of interest, penalty, exemption and bill, an amount of about 1818 crores of farmers has been waived. At the same time, due to waiving of 50 percent arrears in the rectified arrears, farmers have to pay more than 1321 crores in the form of 50 percent share, 702 crores, in this way a total amount of 2023 crores. In lieu of this amount, till now only 81 crore 80 lakh rupees have been paid by the farmers. The proof of recovery is only 4 percent. Out of 3 lakh 55 thousand 782 farmers eligible for the scheme, 1 lakh 28 thousand 379 farmers joined this scheme. But, in this only 3 thousand 623 farmers have taken full benefit of the scheme. At the same time, the rest of the farmers have paid only a small amount to avoid the action.
33 percent of the amount recovered is being used for infrastructure works at the village level and 33 percent at the district level, giving relief to the paying farmers from the problem of electricity. So far 3633 agricultural electricity connections have been given from the Agriculture Contingency Fund made available for recovery. Along with setting up of new substations and new distribution booths, their capacity will also be increased.