The new tariff was announced by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman Anand Kulkarni on Wednesday
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South Mumbai consumers of BEST will pay 6 to 8 per cent less in their monthly power bills. Suburban consumers will pay 1 per cent more. The new tariff was announced by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman Anand Kulkarni on Wednesday.
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The agricultural consumers of MSEDCL will pay 20 paisa more per unit. The state-owned company had asked for R34,000 crore revenue hike for the current year, but MERC cut the demand by R14,000 crore, giving much-wanted relief to two crore consumers from Kanjurmarg and beyond, in the rest of Maharashtra.
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