Mangaluru: Dharna demanding waiver of farm loans
Mangaluru, Jan 3: The district Raitha Sangha activists staged a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Thursday, urging the central government to implement the Dr Swaminathan Commission report and waive off the farm loans of all farmers of the country.
Addressing the farmers, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene state secretary Ravi Kiran Punacha said that following the call from All India Farmers Coordination Committee, all farmers organizations in the district have staged the dharna supporting the all India protest on January 8 and 9.
Last November, dharna was held in New Delhi under the leadership of the Federation of All India Farmers Organisations. Later, the central government has completely neglected the farmers, working class and middle class people of the country, he said.
As per the Dr MS Swaminathan Agriculture Commission report, along with the production cost of the agriculture produces, the government has to give 50 per cent additional amount to ensure stable price permanently.
The central government should convene a special Parliament Session to discuss the farming sector problems. The loans of all farmers should be waived off and check the prices of petroleum products, fertilizers and other daily commodities, he demanded.
Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene district organizing secretary Manohar Shetty, Hasiru Sene district secretary Sheik Abdullah, JDS Kisan unit secretary Rama Ganesh, Karnataka Regional Raitha Sangha general secretary K Yadav Shetty, K Krishnappa Salian and others were present.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
