The recent notification directing the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to remit the electricity duty to the Kerala Government will not lead to the denial of subsidised power supply to the weaker sections, according to the Power department.
Eligible sections of society will continue to get subsidised supply, Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty said on November 4, adding that that the government has not issued any order to stop it.
He was responding to concerns that the shortage in KSEB revenues resulting from having to pay the electricity duty to the government would affect the subsidy scheme.
