![]() ![]() The party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal had promised free electricity of up to 300 units for the state in June last year. This was one of the major poll promises of the Aam Aadmi Party during the Punjab assembly election. The state's information and public relations department had put out advertisements with the announcement in various newspapers that came out on Saturday morning. ![]() Punjab has a two-month billing cycle for power supply. And it will be 600 units for two months," the chief minister said, in a video message on Saturday. "From July 1, 2022, each household in Punjab will get free electricity of 300 units per month. But if their electricity consumption exceeds 600 units in two months, they will be charged only for the usage above 600 units, the chief minister clarified. Scheduled Castes, backward castes, below-poverty-line households and freedom fighters currently getting 200 units free each month will now get 300 units of electricity monthly. He said that except for scheduled caste and backward class families, if electricity consumption exceeds 600 units in two months, then the consumer will have to pay for the entire power usage. Every household in Punjab will get monthly 300 units of free electricity from July 1, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Saturday as his government completed one month in office.
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