RELIEF: Punjab extends major relief to rice millers
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, December 5, 2012: The Punjab Government today extended a major relief to the rice millers in the state by deciding to slash the limit of monthly power charges used by millers during milling season....
Chandigarh, December 5, 2012: The Punjab Government today extended a major relief to the rice millers in the state by deciding to slash the limit of monthly power charges used by millers during milling season.
The government has allowed the millers to pay for 100 KW per month during milling season instead of previously fixed payment for 330 KW per month for the whole year, which would provide direct benefit to more than 3900 millers in the state.
According to an official spokesman, now the millers can monthly deposit the charges for 100 kilowatt, which is approximately Rs. 3.50 lakh for the nine months of the milling period at the rate of Rs. 40,000 per month. He said that if the power consumption of any miller would be less than Rs. 3.5 lakh in nine months, he would also have to deposit the fixed Rs. 3.5 lakh while the consumption of any miller would cross Rs. 3.5 lakh, they would also pay for the extra power used by them. He also informed that if any miller uses the quota of power before nine months, they would pay the bill for the extra usage of power.
Meanwhile, Tarsem Saini, President of Rice Millers Association, Punjab welcoming this decision of Punjab Government extended thanks to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Adaish Partap Singh Kairon, Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Punjab for taking this decision as it was the long pending demand of millers to fix the minimum charges of power. He said that this decision would provide benefit to more than 3900 millers as earlier they had to pay for 330 KW per month.