ThePrintPod: Siddaramaiah govt’s free power plan could ‘cost Rs 12,000 crore/year, increase consumption’

‘Gruha Jyothi’ & 4 other schemes have got ‘in principle’ approval, estimated to cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore. Karnataka has 2.1 cr domestic consumers, of which 1.26 cr are BPL households.