Domestic, industrial consumers to benefit from reduction ahead of Lok Sabha Elections Bengaluru: In a major relief for consumers across Karnataka, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) announced a significant reduction in electricity tariffs for consumers using more than 100 units per month. This decision marks the first reduction in tariffs in 16 years, offering…
Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the power tariff hike, the JD(S) staged a demonstration in front of CESC office located at Matrumandali Circle in Vontikoppal here yesterday. Maintaining that the steep power tariff hike has come at a time when people are already suffering from soaring inflation and rising prices of essential commodities, the protestors urged the…
Mysore/Mysuru: In response to the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (KCCI) Statewide bandh call, opposing the steep rise in electricity charges, the office-bearers of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), who had urged all trade and industrial sectors to shut down their establishments for the day and show solidarity to the bandh staged…
Bengaluru: Strongly opposing the steep hike in power tariff, the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FKCCI) has called for Karnataka Bandh on June 22. The FKCCI on June 10 had appealed the State Government to immediately withdraw the power tariff hike in the interests of industries and the service sector. But as…
Bengaluru: Various trade bodies and industries in the State have issued a threat to go on strike and halt all production activities unless their concerns regarding power tariffs are addressed. While some industries are demanding a complete rollback of the tariff hike, others have put forth several demands to the Government. These demands include a…
Mysore/Mysuru: The hike in power tariff has distressed the common man, industrialists and traders in Karnataka who are already going through various challenges due to local and global factors beyond their control and according to Federation of Organisations and Associations of Mysuru (FOAM), the most vulnerable sections of traders are finding it difficult to even…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) revised the power tariff on May 12, 2023, raising it to an average 70 paise per unit for all household connections in the State and the order was given retrospective effect from April 2023. Due to the revision of the tariff, an enhanced average 70 paise per unit…
Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja Congress MLA Tanveer Sait has urged Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to reconsider the decision of increasing electricity charges, though the rates have been implemented by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) with retrospective effect. In a letter to the CM on June 11, Tanveer Sait has said that the steep increase in electricity rates…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has clarified that the decision to hike the power tariff was taken by the previous BJP Government and the new rates have come into force now, after the elections. “But the BJP is resorting to cheap politics by alleging that the Congress Government had increased the power tariff soon after coming…
Mysore/Mysuru: Severely opposing the Government’s action of hiking power tariff by Rs.2.42 a unit and also the fixed charges, Mysuru Hotel Owners Association has urged the Government to withdraw the hike. In a press release, Association President C. Narayanagowda said that it is a matter of pride for Mysureans that Siddharamaiah who hails from the…
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