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Financial aid to power utility
May 1 , 2025
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- The Tamil Nadu government’s assistance to the State power utility in the form of electricity tariff subsidy and grants has witnessed an around 300% increase in 10 years.
- Since 2019-20, the rise was quite steep, registering around 137%.
- The amount of subsidy and grants comes to about 30% of the total revenue of the power utility.
- For farmers alone, the subsidy amount will be ₹8,186 crore this year.
- For all categories, the tariff subsidy is estimated to be around ₹16,275 crore.
- The estimated loss funding for 2025-26 will be ₹16,000 crore.
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