The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has given a big relief to domestic consumers by providing 600 units of free electricity. Under this scheme, the electricity bill of 90 percent of the houses is coming to zero. Under the free electricity scheme, 300 units of electricity are being given free to the people of Punjab every month. Since the electricity bill in Punjab comes every two months, 600 units of electricity are being given free every two months.
As soon as the government was formed, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann gave great relief to the people by fulfilling this guarantee. Not only this, this is the first time in the last two decades that the Punjab government has paid more than the fixed amount to Powercom in terms of subsidy. In April last year, the Punjab government had to pay Rs 1751 crore as electricity subsidy, but the government has already paid Rs 1790.62 crore to Powercom.

Earlier, Powercom was always paid less than the fixed subsidy and Powercom always used to send letters to the Punjab government, insisting on paying the subsidy. Apart from this, the Punjab government created history by dedicating the private thermal plant of Goindwal Sahib to the people. The Mann government created history by starting a coal mine in Panchuwada, Jharkhand.
This mine was closed for several decades. With the start of mining, there will be no shortage of coal in Punjab for 30 years. Panchuwara coal mine was allotted to the state, but it was closed since 2015. Previous governments did not pay any attention to restoring coal supply.
The Mann government took up the matter as soon as it came to power in March 2022 and restored the supply of coal by following due process.