{"id":25446,"date":"2026-08-21T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:38:09","slug":"tripura-government-to-bear-100-additional-electricity-tariff-burden-over-10-lakh-consumers-to-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/tripura-government-to-bear-100-additional-electricity-tariff-burden-over-10-lakh-consumers-to-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripura Government to Bear 100% Additional Electricity Tariff Burden; Over 10 Lakh Consumers to Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tripura, 21 August 2026:<\/strong> The Tripura government has decided to bear 100% of the additional financial burden arising from the revised electricity tariff for the 2026\u201327 financial year, providing relief to more than 10 lakh electricity consumer families across the state.

Electricity Minister Ratan Lal Nath announced the decision at a press conference held at the Secretariat on Friday. He said the government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha, has always given priority to the interests and convenience of the common people.

The minister said the government had seriously considered concerns among consumers over the increased electricity tariff and decided not to pass the additional burden on to them. Instead, the state will provide a subsidy to cover the entire additional amount.

According to Nath, electricity tariffs had increased by around 116% cumulatively between 2010\u201311 and 2017\u201318, while the overall increase between 2018\u201319 and 2026\u201327 was around 40.42%.

Under the latest decision, the additional electricity tariff burden arising from the Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC)-approved tariff order for 2026\u201327 will be fully borne by the state government through subsidies.

The subsidy will cover various categories of consumers, including domestic consumers, small, medium and large businesses, farmers and industries. However, the benefit will not apply to railway traction. The existing provision of 15% applicable to defence installations, railways, All India Radio, Doordarshan and other specified categories will remain unchanged.

The minister said the government will provide \u20b977.57 crore from the state fund as subsidy, along with an additional expenditure of \u20b9117.13 crore. He described the move as a significant financial commitment by the state government to protect consumer interests.

Nath said this is the first time in the state’s history that the government has decided to bear the entire additional burden resulting from an electricity tariff hike.

He also announced relief for consumers who have already paid electricity bills at the revised rates. The excess amount paid by such consumers will be adjusted against their subsequent bills. The subsidy will be considered effective from May 2026, and the amounts already paid in excess will be adjusted in instalments through the September, October and November bills.

The minister clarified that electricity tariff fixation is the responsibility of the independent regulatory body, the Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC). Under the Electricity Act, 2003, the commission determines tariffs after considering various relevant factors.

He said changes in international market conditions, power generation and procurement costs and other related factors have affected the existing tariff structure. The government has also taken into consideration the increase in fixed charges and the additional financial pressure on ordinary consumers.

Nath said the government’s decision reflects its consumer-friendly and welfare-oriented approach, adding that it is the government’s responsibility to stand by consumers instead of imposing an additional financial burden on them.

He further assured that consumers who have already paid higher electricity bills will receive the benefit of the adjustment, with the impact expected to be reflected in their bills over the coming months.

Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) Managing Director Biswajit Basu and Director (Technical) Subir Sen were also present at the press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tripura, 21 August 2026: The Tripura government has decided to bear 100% of the additional financial burden arising from the revised electricity tariff for the 2026\u201327 financial year, providing relief to more than 10 lakh electricity consumer families across the state. Electricity Minister Ratan Lal Nath announced the decision at a press conference held at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":25445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[6774],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":["post-25446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura","tag-electric-bill"],"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"kamal","last_name":"jamatia","user_url":"http:\/\/www.aguli.in","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25447,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446\/revisions\/25447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25446"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}