MP CM Rescinds Farm-Feeder Penalty Order, Removes Power Official

Overview

• Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered the immediate removal of A K Jain, chief general manager of the MP Central Region Power Distribution Company, and scrapped the circular.
• He said farmers will receive 10 hours of uninterrupted power, describing the circular as arbitrary and causing public misunderstanding.
• The withdrawn order, reissued by Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company, limited agricultural feeder supply to 10 hours with tiered salary deductions for staff if limits were exceeded.
• The company had specified a 15-minute time-integration count, warned that even a minute over the limit would trigger action, and directed compliance irrespective of wet-soil demand.
• Opposition leaders condemned the measure, as the distribution company’s MD defended the 10-hour schedule on safety and loss-prevention grounds and asserted there is no power shortage.