Summary:
While the electricity department receives online payments, a large number of people follow the old system of making payments. For cash, the allowed bill amount is up to Rs 500.“People will able to make card payments,” Cabral said. “Consumers will able to pay their bill even at the smallest cooperative bank close to their house,” Cabral said. Presently, only a select few cooperative banks accept payments of electricity bills.The new initiative will be announced at a city function on January 26. The new arrangement is also expected to relieve the electricity department of the problem they face at times of arrears showing in bills of consumers who paid their bill at cooperative banks..