Summary:
The minimum The minimum they ought to be paying is Rs 3,800 per month, say officials. And this is a conservative figure, because some of these ‘unorganised labourers’ are consuming more than 500 units, added sources.On an average, the subsidy burden for 60 lakh beneficiaries comes to around Rs 150 crore per month — or Rs 250 per month per beneficiary. Otherwise it will be another drain on its already strained coffers. Under the Saral Bijli Bill scheme, labourers were registered under Sambal scheme and were allowed to pay Rs 200 per month for power, regardless of how much they used.As per the records of discoms, 60 lakh consumers were registered as beneficiaries by October 2018. Both the schemes came into effect from July 1..