MP: Govt cautious on power tariff hike
The state government has sent hints to all three government-run power distribution companies (discom) to propose minimum electricity tariff for 2017-2018 as it doesn’t want to annoy voters with “unexplainable hike” in election year.With a year and half left for 2018 assembly elections to go, the BJP, which is in power in MP for more than a decade, plans to make surplus power availability an important poll issue as electricity and tariff have a direct connect with people.“The state government doesn’t want to raise electricity tariff to an extent that it may pinch voters’ pockets and thus annoy them,” a west discom official said, wishing anonymity.Keeping this in view, MP West Zone Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (west discom) which supplies .....