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JAIPUR: Jaipur Vidut Vitaran Nigam (JVVNL) would accept only online or digital mode power bills of over Rs 20,000 from July 15. This scheme is only for consumers whose bill amounts to less than Rs 20,000.Besides, the company has also introduced a mobile app to pay power bills to cater to the demand of the rural customers. Out of about 40 lakh consumers under the JVVNL, about 10 lakh consumers come under this category. MD JVVNL RG Gupta said this decision was taken in consonance with the union government initiative to promote digital payments and part of the company’s initiative to reduce administrative cost of bill collection.He said all power bills except agricultural connections over Rs 20,000 will be collected only by online or digital mode. In case they fail to comply with the order, such consumers will have to pay a penalty of Rs 2000 to large industrial power (LIP) connections and Rs 500 for others.However, he said in exceptional cases the executive engineer of the concerned area has the power to relax this condition.The JVVNL had introduced a lottery system to reward domestic consumers who pay their bills online and 100 such consumers selected every month through lottery were given discounts of Rs 5000 each in their next bills to promote online payments system..