Chennai: It has come to light that the Tamil Nadu government is delaying the work of linking ‘Aadhaar’ with the electricity consumer number because politicians and officials will know the details of how many houses they have in their name.
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, 11 lakh cottages; For 2.33 crore houses, up to 100 units free; It also provides subsidized electricity up to 500 units.
Free electricity
This offer is available to all, including rulers, opposition leaders, MLAs, IAS, IPS, central and state government officials, employees, industrialists and the poor. The board’s debt has crossed Rs 1.50 lakh crore and it is in dire financial straits. While this is mainly due to increased power purchases, free electricity is also a factor.
Some, in order to get electricity bill under free and subsidized offer, violate the rules by erecting more floors in the same house and getting multiple electricity connections in the same name. Some engineers are complicit in this. Due to this, the electricity board is losing crores of rupees in revenue. Apart from this, landlords charge tenants more than Rs 10 per unit for free electricity.
Grant amount
When the central government subsidized the cooking gas cylinder, the same person got the cylinder connection in multiple names. They bought subsidized cylinders and sold them at higher prices in hotels etc. to earn money. To prevent this, Direct Subsidy Scheme was implemented, gas connection number is linked with ‘Aadhaar’ number and the subsidy amount is paid directly to the customer’s bank account. Thus, multiple gas connections in the same name were cancelled. Due to this, the central government has saved thousands of crores of rupees. Free gas connection is provided to the poor who do not have cylinder connection in the remaining amount.
3,650 crores
The central government has ordered the state governments to link the Aadhaar number of the beneficiaries with the schemes to prevent irregularities in the subsidy schemes. Following this, the Tamil Nadu government has issued an ‘Aadhaar’ number with the ‘Aadhaar’ number to prevent the same person from getting multiple ration cards at different addresses, buying subsidized ration products and selling them in the black market. Smart’ ration card offers.
Subsequently, the electricity board decided to link the Aadhaar number with the electricity connection number of the electricity consumer to prevent the irregularities in the provision of free electricity, which is the top cost of the subsidy schemes. This will find out that many electricity connections have been obtained under the same name, and only one connection in one name will be given concession. Of the Rs 3,650 crore spent annually on free and subsidized electricity, a huge amount is saved.
Delay
Therefore, at the beginning of this year, the electricity board requested permission from the Tamil Nadu government to link Aadhaar with the electricity connection number; Permission has not been received so far. The reason for this has now been revealed. Politicians and officials have built houses in various places in their names and in the names of their families.
If you link the Aadhaar number with the electricity consumer’s number, the details of how many houses are there in their name will be known accurately. Due to this, there are reports that the government is delaying the Aadhaar linking along with the electricity connection.
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