{"id":70056,"date":"2020-09-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70056"},"modified":"2020-09-04T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:18:20","slug":"govt-increase-electricity-tariff-zero-rated-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-increase-electricity-tariff-zero-rated-industries.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to increase electricity tariff for zero-rated industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Commerce &amp; Investment Abdul Razzaq Dawood on Wednesday announced the government\u2019s decision to increase the electricity tariff for five former zero-rated industries, a news source reported. He revealed the proposed rates to be 7.5 c\/kWh for July and August and 9 c\/kWh from September onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapdas-electricity-generation-capacity-hydel-power-highest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAPDA\u2019s electricity generation capacity via hydel power at its highest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision came during a meeting of the ministries of commerce, finance, and energy. Dawood stated that in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Commerce had obtained a \u2018very good\u2019 electricity tariff for the exporters. He added that following the resumption of business activities in the country, the exporters should now focus on boosting exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the details shared, government officials would present the proposed power rates for the industries to Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet for its approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ministry-commerce-releases-pkr-9-3bn-billion-textile-exporters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Ministry of Commerce releases PKR 9.37 billion for textile exporters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March this year, the government had announced a special electricity tariff of 7.5 cents per unit for the five former zero-rated industries; including surgical goods, sports, leather, carpets, and textile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Commerce &amp; Investment Abdul Razzaq Dawood on Wednesday announced the government\u2019s decision to increase the electricity tariff for five former zero-rated industries, a news source reported. He revealed the proposed rates to be 7.5 c\/kWh for July and August and 9 c\/kWh from September onwards. Read: WAPDA\u2019s electricity generation capacity via hydel power at its highest The decision came during a meeting of the ministries of commerce, finance, and energy. Dawood stated that in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Commerce had obtained a \u2018very good\u2019 electricity tariff for the exporters. He added that following the resumption of business activities in the country, the exporters should now focus on boosting exports. According to the details shared, government officials would present the proposed power rates for the industries to Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet for its approval. Read: Ministry of Commerce releases PKR 9.37 billion for textile exporters In March this year, the government had announced a special electricity tariff of 7.5 cents per unit for the five former zero-rated industries; including surgical goods, sports, leather, carpets, and textile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15017],"tags":[38565],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-details-on-govt-to-increase-electricity-tariff-for-zero-rated-industries","10":"cat-15012-id","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to increase electricity tariff for zero-rated industries - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Advisor to PM on Commerce &amp; 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