With the formation of the Congress government in Karnataka, the Congress party under the leadership of Siddaramaiah has started fulfilling its five guarantees. According to this Griha Jyoti Yojana It has started in Karnataka. CM Siddaramaiah along with Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and other state ministers launched Griha Jyoti Yojana in Kalaburagi.
What is Griha Jyoti Yojana
Siddaramaiah Sarkar is giving free electricity up to 200 units under Griha Jyoti Yojana. In the 2023 assembly elections, the Congress had included this in its election promises. Not only the house owners, but also the tenants living in their houses will be able to take advantage of this scheme.
Siddaramaiah attacked PM Modi
Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah During the launch of Griha Jyoti Yojana in Kalaburagi, PM Narendra Modi criticized us and said that if free schemes are implemented in Karnataka, the state will go bankrupt. We have allocated funds for the schemes but are not facing that situation. The previous BJP government looted the state as a result of which the prices of commodities skyrocketed and unemployment increased. During our government, we built more than 14 lakh houses, but the BJP government built hardly 5 lakh houses in 3 years.
#WATCH , Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah along with Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Dy CM DK Shivakumar and other ministers of the state launched the Gruha Jyothi scheme in Kalaburagi.
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How to avail free electricity in Karnataka
To take advantage of Griha Jyoti Yojana in Karnataka, registration has to be done first. For this, consumers have to go to sevasindhugs.karnataka.gov.in. In which consumers will have to go to the custom-made page. There the customer ID of the electricity bill, your Aadhaar number and mobile number will have to be entered. It has been made so easy by the government that consumers can register at their home through mobile or laptop.
‘Griha Jyoti’ scheme one of the five promises made by the Congress
The ‘Griha Jyoti’ scheme is one of the five promises made by the Congress before the 2023 assembly elections. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying it had no moral right to protest as it had not fulfilled any election promise and only looted Karnataka. BJP leaders are protesting because they have nothing else to do, he asked. What moral rights do they have? Siddaramaiah claimed that the BJP did not fulfill any of its poll promises like 10 hours free electricity, farm loan waiver and spending Rs 1.5 lakh crore on irrigation etc.
BJP attacks on increase in electricity rates by Rs 2.89 per unit
Recently, the BJP had also criticized the Congress government for increasing the electricity rates by Rs 2.89 per unit in the state. The BJP had protested across the state regarding this.
What is the five guarantee scheme of Siddaramaiah government of Karnataka
In the manifesto for the assembly elections, the Congress had promised to implement ‘five guarantees’ to give schemes to the people of Karnataka. These promises include 200 units of free electricity to all households (Griha Jyoti), Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the female head of every household (Griha Lakshmi), 10 kg free food to each member of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) family (Anna Bhagya) rice, Rs 3,000 per month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for two years to unemployed diploma holders (both in the 18-25 age group) (Yuva Nidhi) and free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti) .