Raipur,
March 23, 2013
Congress on Saturday alleged that the government deceived power
consumers by illegally recovering Rs 252.63 crore from them.
“According
to CAG report, the government already gets tax on generated power in the form
of duty and cess from the NTPC and captive power generating companies for
selling and distributing electricity. But in the last one year, the government
made wrong provision in power cess being taken from consumers and recovered Rs
252.63 crore from them,” said Congress spokesperson Mahendra Chhabda.
“Consumers
are irked of power tariff hike, irregular power bills, wrong meter readings and
undeclared power cuts and the government imposed additional illegal tax on them
from the backdoor,” he said.
He
demanded registration of criminal case against top officials of power companies
for violating rules under Energy Act.
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