Electricity sales: a false hope for economy.
Saying it won’t increase consumption; a proper policy is needed. For how many years have we been saying that electricity is going to waste? Has the price actually decreased? Why do we still have a Step-Up Tariff system that exploits the public? The more electricity people consume, the more expensive it gets. Is this how you expect consumption to increase? Isn’t it time to implement a policy where higher consumption leads to lower rates? What have we learned about using electricity beyond just lighting? Even if electricity were given for free starting tomorrow, lazy Nepalis would only leave the lights on 24/7. Do we have any other consumption strategies in place? Using locally produced electricity would contribute more to GDP than selling it abroad, yet India is rapidly constructing petroleum pipelines while we happily queue up to collect fuel. Even to sell oil, they lay pipelines; even to export electricity, they establish transmission lines. What are ...