Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) on Friday clarified that providing beneficiary category (caste) details during the ongoing Gruha Jyoti free power scheme beneficiary re-verification drive is entirely optional and not mandatory. The clarification comes following queries raised on media and social media platforms regarding the collection of caste-related information from beneficiaries.BESCOM said its staff and meter readers have been visiting residential h…
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Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) The Karnataka Energy Department will launch a statewide door-to-door verification drive for beneficiaries of the Gruha Jyothi Scheme from July 1, as part of an exercise to update and verify beneficiary records under the government’s flagship free electricity programme, the Chief Minister’s Office stated on Tuesday. The Gruha Jyothi Scheme, launched in July 2023, is undergoing a comprehensive verification process. Meter readers and officials of all five Electricity Suppl…
Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) Karnataka Energy Ministry on Thursday launched Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company’s (BESCOM) ‘HT Mitra’ service request/grievance redressal portal, developed by the utility’s own engineers for its High Tension (HT) consumers. Over 18,000 HT consumers would benefit from this transparent complaint system. Speaking after inaugurating the portal at BESCOM’s corporate office, the Energy Minister K. J. George said that the ‘HT Mitra’ portal will serve as a t…
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) President Venkatesh Prasad said the decision of IPL 2026 games returning to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium now rests with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, adding that ‘the ball is in their court.’The stadium has not hosted any competitive cricket since June 4, when 11 fans died in a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2025 victory celebrations outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The conditional clearance comes amid…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, celebrated Sankranti festival with over 600 differently-abled employees working in various divisions of Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) and Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) at his farmhouse in Bidadi on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Thursday.For the past seven years, the minister has been hosting differently-abled employees and their family members to celebrate Sankrant…