Shimla, May 13 -- The Himachal Pradesh government announced on Monday a subsidy of Rs.4.04 per unit for agricultural consumers.

A spokesperson of the state government said that electricity will now be provided to farmers at a heavily subsidised rate of just Rs.1 per unit.

The statement of government comes a day after leader of Opposition in Himachal assembly Jai Ram Thakur had lashed out at the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government for what he said was a five-fold hike in electricity bills of connections taken by farmers for irrigation.

In a statement the spokesperson said that electricity would be made available to farmers at the concessional rate of only Rs.1 per unit.

To facilitate this, the state government would bear a s...