CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -For the BESCOM bill payment, users are given 15 days of time after the BESCOM bill generated date, to pay the BESCOM bill and a late payment fee is levied after the due date. Failure of payment of BESCOM bill after seven days of due date will result in the connection being cut, until the payment is made.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beginning next month, all consumers of Bescom will receive their electricity bills within the 15th day of every month under a new billing system. The system has 58.79 lakh consumers, of which 15.68 lakh had a billing cycle that fell after the 15th of each month.

Detailed explanation-3: -Failure to pay the bills may lead to disconnection. HOW A BILL IS PREPARED? It is the duty of the Electricity Supply Company (ESCOM) to notify the periodicity of billing, date of meter reading, bill date and due date for payment in a calendar month.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now, with the hike, the bill will come to around Rs 3, 629 per month, or an increase of Rs 95. The discoms had projected an annual revenue requirement (ARR) of Rs 44, 874 crore for 2022-23 fiscal, with a revenue gap of Rs 3, 916 crore at existing tariff, and proposed to cover this gap through a tariff hike of 8.7%.