Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The price of electricity for industries is to be dropped. However, those who will opt for the low price power won't get any gas for their captive power plants.

The government is taking such initiatives to utilize more power in the industrial sector and at the same time discourage consuming natural gas in the captive power plants of the industries.

A committee from the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) has recently made some recommendations including this price cut policy of electricity for the industrial sector.

Sources from Power Division informed that the committee has recommended an average reduction of TK 0.67 per unit of electricity for the industrial sector. The commi...