Karnataka will see an electricity price increase of 36 paise per unit from 1st April. This hike will affect millions of consumers across the state. The surcharge will be added to existing bills for the 2025-26 financial year.
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00:00A power tariff hike in Karnataka, just to give you a lowdown.
00:03Starting from the 1st of April, the electricity prices in Karnataka will be increased by 36 paise per unit.
00:10The decision is expected to impact millions of consumers across the state.
00:14Surcharge will be added to the existing electricity bills for the financial year 2025-26.
00:18Remember, there's already been a hike on several other issues including essential items like milk.
00:23According to the latest hike, if a house, let's say, uses 250 units of electricity per month
00:28and paid over Rs 2,200 from 1st of April, same family will now have to possibly pay Rs 2,300.
00:36This comes right after a cash-strapped state proposing a salary hike almost 100% for its MLAs.
00:45Now the BJP, of course, has jumped on this against the Dharamaya government.
00:48They are saying this is going to burden common people.
00:50They are saying it's the freebie model that one has collapsed
00:54and that has led to more failures for the state.
00:59It's good, right?
01:00So if the governor's office has agreed, that's what you meant, right?
01:04Raj Bhawan agreed, didn't he?
01:06So it's good, right?
01:07The bill also I presented in Assam.
01:10So it'll get passed.
01:11It's necessary, sir.
01:13Why do you feel it's not necessary?
01:16You mean salary hike is not necessary?
01:18Yes, sir.
01:18Everybody is, sir.
01:20The committee is there which has recommended.
01:22You take the example of Singapore.
01:25The Prime Minister of Singapore,
01:27the ministers of Singapore,
01:28the MPs of Singapore are the highest paid in the world.
01:32Do you know why?
01:34That makes them very independent, non-corrupt.
01:41We have to learn sometimes.
01:43Do we compare our salaries to Singapore in this one?
01:45We cannot.
01:46But still, a decent this one has to be paid for everyone.
01:50The practice of increasing the salary of public representatives
01:55by public representatives themselves
01:57is a very wrong method.
01:59Nowhere in the world people increase their own salary.
02:03It is always done by someone else,
02:05either the superiors or there is a committee.
02:08In case of MLAs or MPs,
02:10there is a practice of increasing the salary by themselves,
02:14which is very, very wrong.
02:15As it is, people look at politicians in a very, very cynical way.
02:20By doing these kind of things, people tend to laugh at us.
02:26See, this all in a democracy, it is not correct.
02:32It should not happen to anybody.
02:34See, this all is a personal thing.
02:36This is making political issues is not correct.
02:39This should not be trapped by anybody in this house.
02:43Central government has failed to control the hike of the price
02:48that the commodity is using by the common people.
02:51Let the central government curb the hike of the commodities
02:56what the common people are using.
02:58It is a routine process, the metro or KSTC, whatever it is there.
03:04Even electricity also, it was spending since long time.
03:09So it is enhanced as per the routine work.
03:11There is nothing wrong in that.
03:13And we are giving amenities to the people.
03:15Congress government is going to give benefit to the people.