On Monday, the Karnataka government issued guidelines to avail free electricity under the Gruha Jyothi scheme. Registering on the Seva Sindhu portal has been made compulsory availing free electricity up to 200 units.
Here is the list of guidelines :
> Gruha Jyothi scheme is only for residential usage, not applicable for commercial usage
> During billing, extra usage bills will be given to customers excluding free units under the scheme
> Zero bill will be given to the customer if units are less than eligible units under the scheme
> Registering at the Seva Sindhu portal is compulsory to avail benefits of the scheme
> Customers must link their Customer ID/Account ID to Aadhar
> Customers getting benefits of Bagya Jyothi/ Amrutha Jyothi will be shifted under the Gruha Jyothi scheme
> Remaining electricity balances till June 30 should be cleared within three months, if failed electricity will be disconnected.
The monthly average consumption of customers (Monthly average of 2022-23) will be used to calculate how many units of free electricity a house will receive under the scheme. The customers will be eligible for only 10% more units of their monthly usage average. The scheme will come into effect in July. People don’t have to pay electricity bills from August if they consume equal or fewer units of their monthly average units.
