The government has decided in principle to increase power tariff by two percent from June 01 and by virtue of this enhancement power tariff will go up from paisas 12 to 16 per unit.
Sources told Online on Saturday that government was providing subsidy at the rate of Rs 1.06 per unit and the recent hike in tariff would generate additional Rs 2 billion for government.
The sources said the subsidy would be reduced by Rs 50 billion for electricity consumers from the next year.