Beneficiaries of Kuteera Jyothi scheme will henceforth get 53 units and additional 10% power free every month while those availing Amrutha Jyothi scheme will get 75 units and additional 10% power free, under the Gruha Jyothi scheme, the Karnataka government has announced.
Before the Gruha Jyothi scheme was announced by the Congress government in Karnataka, households covered under Kuteera Jyothi had been receiving 40 units of free electricity every month and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC and ST) families were receiving 75 units free under Amrutha Jyothi scheme, via the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system.
Announcement of the Gruha Jyothi scheme, under which domestic households that consume less than 200 units of power will get a zero bill, led to confusion.
