Last Update: 8 April 2025

-- Punjab Govt formed on : 16 March 2022
-- Free Power started on : 1st July 2023 (Within 3 months of coming to power)

Even General Class benefits: First time in India got 300 units per month FREE

“It’s a big relief. Electricity is essential. Under the previous governments, it was a challenge for us to pay the bill as it was almost ₹2,000 a month in summer and ₹1,000 a month in winter. We haven’t paid a single bill since July 2022,” said Kanti (54) from Mandiala, a remote village in Amritsar district^[1]

¶ RIGHT To Lifeline POWER^[2]

• 300 Units per month free in Punjab
• Total 600 Units for 2 month bill cycle Free in Punjab

Automatic Subsidy: No Applications, No calculations

Universal, for All: No Caste certificates, No income certificates

¶ IMPACT

97+% Families in Punjab got ZERO bills in Dec 2023^[3]

¶ Still power surplus, No Power cuts

Installed power generation capacity, which was 13892 MW in 2021-22, has expanded to 14840 MW by 2024-25^[6]

• Highest ever 16058 MW demand met in Punjab in 2024-25, without power cuts^[6:1]

• PSPCL sets new record of 3435 Lakh units power supply in a day on June 24 2023^[8:1]
  • This is 91 lakh units more than the previous year's record^[8:2]
• PSPCL sells ‘surplus’ power worth 280 crores even in June, peak month of the year^[9]

¶ Electricity for Farmer

• Free & Full Electricity for Farmers

¶ Did Punjab Govt make subsidy payments?^[10]

• Yes, All subsidy payments of 20,000 crores made by govt already
• Also paying pending dues 9000 crore of previous congress government to PSPCL in installments^[11]

¶ During Congress rule(2021)

• Industry used to be shut down due to power shortage^[12]
• Govt Offices cut work hours amid power shortage^[13]
• And let's not even mention powercuts for both Urban & Rural areas^[14]

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References:

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1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/two-years-of-aap-govt-free-power-powers-populism-in-punjab-101710531154808.html ↩︎

2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/80-consumers-benefitted-from-aap-s-free-power-scheme-punjab-minister-101659638681835.html ↩︎

3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/power-debt-piling-up-in-punjab-97-getting-subsidy-this-winter-579756 ↩︎ ↩︎

4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/105974526.cms ↩︎

5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/nearly-90-domestic-power-users-in-punjab-get-zero-bills-101711741289722-amp.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

6. https://yespunjab.com/manpreet-singh-ayali-mispresented-data-on-power-generation-supply-harbhajan-singh-eto/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

7. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/pspcl-meets-record-demand-without-power-cuts-8681800/ ↩︎

8. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=167033&headline=PSPCL-sets-new-record-of-3435-LU-power-supply-in-a-day ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

9. https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/pspcl-sells-‘surplus-power-worth-280-crores-in-june-213293 ↩︎

10. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/govt-clears-20k-crore-subsidy-bill-of-pspcl-494888 ↩︎

11. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=173664 ↩︎ ↩︎

12. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-tells-large-industries-to-shut-operations-till-july-10-to-overcome-power-shortage-279036 ↩︎

13. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/punjab/story/punjab-govt-offices-major-power-crisis-electricity-1822877-2021-07-02 ↩︎

14. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-power-problem-for-capt-govt-7374814/ ↩︎

15. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/punjab-power-crisis-2-day-shutdown-for-industry-7385188/ ↩︎

16. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/punjab-power-crisis-power-cuts-imposed-power-plants-reduce-capacity-due-to-coal-shortage-2569853 ↩︎