Cut-price electricity for Delhi; but at whose cost?

Delivering on yet another poll promise, the Kejriwal Government on Tuesday announced a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff to those consuming up to 400 units of electricity from January 1. The relief will come in the form of subsidy. In another major development, the Delhi Government looks all set to order an audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) into the finances of the Capital’s three private power distribution companies, an issue on which the ruling AAP had led street protests in the past.

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