Govt to cushion domestic power users with Pkr 230 bn subsidy.

• Position: Pakistani Government's electricity consumer protection - Brief article

The government will allocate a subsidy of Rs230 billion in the upcoming budget to protect consumers using 300 or less units each month when it increases the electricity tariff in compliance with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition for a bailout package.

"The government has protected domestic consumers who are using up to 300 units per month. They account for 75percent of the total consumers," Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said at news conference on Friday.

He added that 95percent commercial consumers had also been protected.

The minister said the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) had sought an increase in the electricity rate by Rs3.84...