Amaravati, February 17 Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister G Ravi Kumar announced on Tuesday that the state is currently providing subsidized power to aquaculture farmers at just Rs 1.5 per unit.
Addressing the Assembly, the Energy Minister said that 5.2 lakh aquaculture farmers are being provided power at this subsidized rate, and 50,000 additional power connections have been sanctioned.
"Although power should be supplied at Rs 3.85 for aquaculture as per the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC), the coalition government is supplying it at just Rs 1.5 with a subsidy of Rs 2.35," said Kumar.
According to Kumar, the subsidy for aquaculture farmers is being distributed based on a zone and non-zone classification.
Noting that there were no flaws in the identification process, he informed the House that the Fisheries Department is identifying and verifying those eligible in the designated zones.