Shiv Sena (UBT) workers protested outside the Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar on Tuesday, demanding 300 units of free electricity for slum dwellers in Mumbai. (Pics/Ashish Raje)
Updated On: 2024-07-02 01:11 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 13 launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana to provide free electricity to its beneficiaries
PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana is a Central Scheme that aims to provide free electricity to one crore households in India, who opt to install roof top solar electricity unit
The households will be able to get 300 units of electricity free every month
It was approved by the Union Cabinet on February 29, with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore
The free electricity scheme was earlier announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her interim budget speech on February 1
