Achi news desk-
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Sunday, June 16 that he and the Chief Secretary will start paying their electricity bills from July 1.
Taking to social media platform X, Himanta said, “We are ending the #VIPCulture rule of paying electricity bills of government officials with taxpayers’ money. Me and the Chief Secretary will set an example and start paying our electricity bills from July 1 onwards. From July 2024, every Public employees will have to pay for their electricity consumption.”
We finish the #VIPCulture The rule of paying the electricity bills of government officials using taxpayers’ money.
Me and the Chief Secretary will set an example and start paying our electricity bills from July 1 onwards.
Starting in July 2024, all public employees will have to pay… pic.twitter.com/kJMoYETQLJ
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 16, 2024
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Himanta addressed the matter in a video shared on social media and said: “The electricity bill of every minister, senior government officers, chief minister and chief secretary’s house has been paid by the state government so far from the budget. We have already informed our employees and everyone that we are not allowed to collect electricity bills from the government if we stay in quarters. As a first step, the Prime Minister and the Chief Secretary will pay their bills themselves, starting from July 1. We are doing this so that due to the losses incurred due to non-payment of the electricity bill, the Electricity Board will not have to increase the electricity charges. Until now, since the last 75 years, the many Chief Ministers of Assam and even I got a free electricity bill for 3 years.”
“From July 2024, all public servants will have to pay for their electricity consumption,” the Assam chief minister added.
