{"id":314381,"date":"2019-08-01T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314381"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:33:37","slug":"up-to-200-units-of-electricity-usage-free-in-delhi-says-arvind-kejriwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/up-to-200-units-of-electricity-usage-free-in-delhi-says-arvind-kejriwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 200 units of electricity usage free in Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-299539 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/kejr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/kejr-1.jpg 466w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/06\/kejr-1-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that\u00a0electricity usage\u00a0up to 200 units will be free in Delhi from today, and power consumed between 201-400 units will be at half price as the Delhi government will provide 50 per cent subsidy, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cElectricity bills in Delhi are now the lowest in the country for 200 units as well as 400 units consumption. Delhi is the only state to provide Lifeline Electricity to citizens,\u201d AAP said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIf a household uses more than 200 units, then existing rates will apply. This will encourage people to consumer less power and conserve energy. Between 201-400, the existing &#8216;Half Bill&#8217; introduced in 2015 will continue,\u201d AAP added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">AAP further said, \u201cSince independence, VIPs \u2013 politicians and officers have been provided free electricity and water from taxpayers&#8217; money. Now the aam aadmi (common man) will also get basic services free, as a matter of right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in a tweet said, \u201cHistoric day for Delhi! CM @ArvindKejriwal declares Free Lifeline Electricity of 200 units to all Every family deserves a life of dignity. Just like good education &amp; healthcare, a basic quantum of electricity to run lights\/fans at home is essential for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Wednesday, Kejriwal said there has been no hike in electricity tariffs in Delhi for the fifth consecutive year and that the national capital has the lowest power tariffs in the country and the only place with 24&#215;7 electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cCongratulations Delhi For fifth consecutive year NO electricity tariff hike. On the contrary, for fifth consecutive yr, tariffs reduced. Delhi has lowest electricity tariffs in the country now And Del is the only place in India wid 24\u00d77 electricity,\u201d Kejriwal had tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that\u00a0electricity usage\u00a0up to 200 units will be free in Delhi from today, and power consumed between 201-400 units will be at half price as the Delhi government will provide 50 per cent subsidy, he added. \u201cElectricity bills in Delhi are now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":299539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[304,306,429],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314382,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314381\/revisions\/314382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/299539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}