<span style="color: #222222;">The Government has announced amnesty scheme for power consumers across UT of J&K. The Administrative Council headed by the Lieutenant Governor G.C. Murmu approved an amnesty scheme for the power consumers which will come into effect from March 1, 2020. <br />''<br />''In order to give an opportunity to power consumers to prevent disconnection of their connections and to facilitate easy payment, 25 per cent of the payment is to be completed by March 31, 2020; 40 per cent of the payment is to be completed by April 30, 2020 and remaining 35 per cent by May 31st, 2020.<br />''<br />''On timely and complete payment, a full waiver of interest and penalty will be provided by the department. Failure to fully pay all three installments by May 31st will, however, lead to immediate disconnection. <br />''<br />''It has also been decided that after June 1, no power will be supplied to the defaulting customers unless the arrears are cleared in full. It is estimated that waiver of penalties and interests will cost around 600 crore rupees to the government as against total pending dues of 3000 crore rupees.</span><br />