State Finance Commission recommends probe into power billing of panchayat installations

The State Finance Commission (SFC) has recommended the government to conduct a high-level inquiry into electricity billing and payment with respect to street lights and drinking water supply of gram panchayats, expressing concern over huge discrepancies in billing and lack of coordination among authorities that has resulted in accruing of interest amount to thousands of crores.

In its report, the three-member SFC, led by former MP, C. Narayanaswamy, has termed this interest burden as “avoidable”.