The Uttar Pradesh government launched the Chief Minister Teacher Cashless Medical Scheme to provide health coverage to 12 lakh school staff and families.
CM Yogi accused Samajwadi Party and Congress of “making a mockery of Hindu faith”, and questioned why these parties remained silent when hectares of land were sold off in the name of ‘waqf’.
In practice, this is the difference between the cost of supply rate and the rate a household actually pays. A rural lifeline consumer using up to 100 units a month effectively pays around ₹3.00 per unit after subsidy, even though the underlying cost of that power is much higher. The state government is absorbing the gap for now, not the consumers.