In the future you will have to pay in advance to get electricity: a pre-paid meter will arrive

New delhi date. February 1, 2020, Saturday

In a budget speech presented to Parliament today, the finance minister told Sitaraman that in the future, electricity will have to be paid in advance and the existing meters will be replaced and new meters will be replaced. What will be special about this meter is that the customer will have the opportunity to choose the electricity supply company and its rate.

The old meters will be removed from all the cities of the country where the scheme is implemented and a prepaid meter will be replaced instead. 'I appeal to all states and UTs and recommend that all old meters be replaced. New meters will be installed across the country in the next three years, "he told Sitaraman.

He said that the new meter will have a new feature that allows the customer to select the company and its price, providing the electricity of their choice. This will be the first step towards providing electricity to all across the country. Rs 22000 crore was proposed for renewable energy and renewable energy.

It is worth mentioning that the central government was planning for the last few years for the prepaid electricity. The government had made such announcement in the year 2018, but now the government has announced that all the meters will be replaced by 2022. The prepaid meter will have to pay the customer who already has to buy mobile phones and TV channels nowadays. Told Sitaram.