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On November 30, 2020, Goa government launched a unique ‘One-time settlement scheme’ for electricity bill payment by the consumers in the state. The launch was announced by CMO Goa, Pramod Sawant. This scheme is basically to encourage the consumers to make the pending bill payment at once. Late fee payment will also be waived off by the state government. This is a welfare scheme mainly launched for the general public. It will lessen the burden of long-term pending electricity/ power bill payments. This scheme will all the active power consumers as well as the temporarily/ permanently disconnected power consumers.
Scheme Overview:
| Scheme name: | One-time settlement scheme |
| Scheme Under: | Goa government |
| Launch Date: | November 30, 2020 |
| Launched By: | CM Pramod Sawant |
| Beneficiaries: | All the active and temporarily/ permanently disconnected power consumers |
| Benefit: | Will assist in the payment of long-term pending bills with late fee payment being waived off thereby |
| Objective: | To bring ease to the general public through one-time settlement of power bills due |
Scheme Objectives and Benefits:
- The main objective of the scheme is to provide assistance to the consumers via one-time settlement regarding the overdue power bills
- The late fee payment is waived off under the scheme based on the repayment period
- It is for the benefit of the general public thereby lessening the burden of overdue power bill payment
- This scheme aims at reorganizing the overdue bill payment structure in the state
- It is a unique welfare scheme launched for the power bill consumers launched by the state government
- All types of power bill consumers like active, temporarily disconnected and permanently disconnected are covered under this scheme
Scheme Details:
- CMO Goa, Pramod Sawant launched a unique initiative ‘One-time settlement scheme’ for the power bill consumers in the state
- This scheme was launched at the secretariat in Porvorim on November 30, 2020
- It is a state welfare scheme launched for benefiting the general public
- This scheme envisages one-time bill payment for the overdue power bills by the consumers as well as waiving off of the late fee payment by the state government
- Late fee payment will be waived off for those who make one-time payment or by easy installments in then given period
- This scheme will cover all the active and temporarily/ permanently disconnected power consumers
- Under this scheme, the consumers will be enabled to make the overdue bill payment at once by paying the principal amount
- Late fee will be waived off fully or partly depending on the repayment period
- There is no limit on the pending dues payment
- Under this scheme the overdue bill payment will have to be made online at the official website @www.goaelectricity.gov.in
- In case of any query/ difficulty the consumer can reach out to the nearest office or can call on the helpline no. – 1912 / 7350622000
- One can also post the query on cee-elec.goa@nic.in
