Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, 2 June, announced 200 units of free electricity for households across the state every month, starting from 1 July.
"We held a cabinet meeting today. We discussed all five promises thoroughly. We have decided that all five guarantees will be implemented in the present financial year,” Siddaramaiah said, as per news agency ANI.
While announcing the provision of 200 units of free electricity, he also said that consumers who have not paid their bills till July will have to do so.
The CM further said that the plan to provide free electricity, which comes under the state's Gruha Jyoti scheme, will depend on the yearly electricity consumption of households and that the monthly average will be calculated.