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Since the privatisation of power distribution in Delhi in 2002, the average domestic electricity tariff has seen a rise of 107 per cent. It was Rs 2.50 a unit in 2001-02 and – after last week’s increase of 24 per cent with effect from this month – has gone up to Rs 5.17 a unit. This latest hike comes after another steep increase, of 21 per cent, in September last year. Perhaps to ensure that the agitation against the privatisation of power distribution was not fuelled by steep hikes, the average domestic power rates saw only a modest rise in the first eight years of the change in ownership of Delhi’s distribution entities. 

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